WIGGED-OUT Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of wigged-out

as in frantic

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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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Adjective

However, evidence of an ancient alien civilization and a frantic distress call from deep space instantly cut those celebrations short.

— Paul Brett, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Having lived long in an unusual place, Ruth provides a calm counterpoint to the frantic Tom.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of frantic

Verb

As the Yankees prepared to play on the United States’ 250th birthday, Ben Rice cracked a joke.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
The prospect of holding dry, cracked hands after dinner might persuade him that moisturizing under the table is the lesser offense.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of cracked

Adjective

Necessary reckonings have pulled the deepest wounds of American history to the surface, fracturing the public into factions of the wronged, the guilty, and those in hysterical denial.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
Filming a comedy is so much fun, and every day is hysterical — even the long days.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026

Definition of hysterical

Verb

The Art Nouveau and Art Deco items taken are said to be made of crystal, gold, and semi-precious stones, and cannot be melted down.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026
Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original.

— Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of melted down

Adjective

On December 2, 1717, a distraught George Augustus and Caroline packed up their household and said goodbye to their children.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026
Multiple people, including the distraught parents of the child and two officers who were at the hospital, had questioned whether the child was breathing after he was declared dead, according to the police report.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of distraught

Verb

In 2020, when massive fires choked the region for weeks, 43 of the Bay Area’s 46 particulate-matter Spare the Air alert days were affected by wildfire smoke.

— Seth Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The aisles were so choked that blooms and branches brushed against us, the air heady with the scent of lilies, roses, eucalyptus, and sweet decay.

— Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Definition of choked

Adjective

The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
As Norway has advanced in the World Cup, the atmosphere has grown more frenzied in the country than even during a summer or winter Olympics, Tufte said.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 1 July 2026

Definition of frenzied

Adjective

Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Paul Atreides in Dune, Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme — these are all characters defined by otherworldly gifts, monomaniacal drive, and a cold-blooded disregard for the concerns of others.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026

Definition of monomaniacal

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