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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
  • The frantic search for survivors has long since yielded to the grim spectacle of excavators clearing ruins.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But those final frantic minutes often represent anxiety disguised as productivity.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of frantic
Verb
  • If David Bowie's on the show, and something goes wrong—perhaps his coffee mug breaks accidentally because it was cracked—that's not a disaster.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong cracked his 28th home run, a two-run shot.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of cracked
Adjective
  • After years of the WNBA being ignored, the hysterical reaction to an obvious, common-sense position has made it into a laughingstock.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The queen is hysterical when Orwyle informs her that Sunfyre has razed the Mooton army outside Maidenpool.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hysterical
Verb
  • The cartridges were intended to be melted down for gold at a metal recovery service, but the games were never destroyed, Braun told ABC News.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a stretch yarn from polyethylene that is able to be melted down and recycled.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of melted down
Adjective
  • But today’s Court often divides along stark ideological lines, and the liberals often sound truly distraught in their dissents.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One distraught woman sat on the ground next to a large pool of blood as another woman embraced her.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of distraught
Verb
  • Riyadh has rerouted millions of barrels per day through a pipeline from its eastern region to its Red Sea port of Yanbu as Iran has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz this year.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • There was no escaping the black pollution that choked the neighborhood then, and no reprieve now, even five weeks after the fire was extinguished.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked
Adjective
  • Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Before the line-up for the 2026 Venice Film Festival was revealed, there was much frenzied speculation about what might show up on it.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • 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
  • Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of monomaniacal
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