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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
  • Keeping The Faith So all’s well that ends well, and frantic, for Halfway 2 Jesus, Rock’s 13th album and the follow-up to 2022’s angry, politically charged Bad Reputation.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Newly obtained 911 audio is shedding light on the frantic response when Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive in a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment in August.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of frantic
Verb
  • In the kitchen area, floor tiles were cracked and an unused pipe hole is uncovered.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The back-to-back successes of Obsession and Backrooms have cracked Hollywood’s spine like a One-Wish Willow, sending producers into an online feeding frenzy.
    — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 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
  • 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
  • Ever since the Dodgers dropped a billion-dollar hammer on Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the rest of baseball has melted down.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of melted down
Adjective
  • In a move that had the audience distraught but should’ve been expected at some point, Guillermo and Witney are sent home Tuesday night.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There were plenty of disappointed and angry members of Gator Nation on Saturday after Florida's surprising loss to South Carolina in Gainesville, but none may have been more distraught than a young member of Jon Sumrall's own household.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of distraught
Verb
  • The men, or sometimes women, who hit them, pulled their hair or choked them, bruising their throats.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Metal barricades choked the streets as police moved against young demonstrators, beating some, dragging others into buses and chasing away the rest.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 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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