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adjective

Definition of wigged-outnext
as in frantic

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wigged (out)

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang
as in cracked
to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigged-out
  1. frantic
  2. cracked
  3. hysterical
  4. melted down
  5. distraught
  6. choked
  7. frenzied
  8. monomaniacal
Adjective
  • There are plenty of other very cool pieces that become street style staples, but don’t inspire the same frantic desire.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Ajon Singh, who wrote the screenplay, spent a frantic week retooling it to persuade him to change his mind.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of frantic
Verb
  • Research partners recorded the various sounds that drones make when their propellers get chipped or cracked or their motor becomes damaged or begins to fail.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • A couple large plastic food storage tubs have cracked corners.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of cracked
Adjective
  • Washington, a compelling performer, also is asked to be hysterical a bit too much.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In Colorado, Deputy Mattie Walker makes a welfare check and discovers the body of a young mother with her hysterical toddler nearby.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of hysterical
Verb
  • The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of melted down
Adjective
  • The royal experts agreed that Diana would have been shocked and distraught over William and Harry's current estrangement.
    — Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While police continued to investigate John’s motive, distraught parents, teachers and others gathered outside the school Saturday to leave flowers, pray and cry.
    — Martha Bellisle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of distraught
Verb
  • But the real culprit is his failing Iran war, which has choked supply from the Middle East.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The men, or sometimes women, who hit them, pulled their hair or choked them, bruising their throats.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of choked
Adjective
  • That sales pitch has only grown more frenzied as the economics of AI have gotten more precarious.
    — Michael Serazio, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers held the Padres to three hits and got timely hits of their own while playing exceptional defense and gradually draining the spirit from the normally frenzied Petco crowd.
    — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • These moments pile up and ultimately converge, paying heartwarming tribute to how even the most monomaniacal movie projects necessitate collaboration.
    — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When Ahab first speaks to the crew about Moby Dick, his diabolical charisma soon infects the men who, apart from Starbuck, enthusiastically join him in his monomaniacal crusade.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of monomaniacal
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