FREAKED-OUT Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in distraught

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freaked (out)

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verb

past tense of freak (out)

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy don't talk about death, as it totally freaks me out

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as in melted down

to yield to mental or emotional stress the landlady totally freaked out when she saw the dead body in the hall

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Adjective

The latter seemed distraught over the fact that his first postseason had just ended with a sweep in the ALDS.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Sun, who was given a wild card entry by tournament organizers and was making her WTA Tour debut, appeared distraught after the loss.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The symptom that alarmed me most in that moment was the progressive skin wrinkling in some NCBRS teens.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Those moves have alarmed Japan, whose economy is dependent for its survival on open sea lines and which recently has been embroiled in a spat with China over remarks that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made about Taiwan.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Here’s why How junk silver is valued The price of junk silver is based on its melt value — the value of the silver content if the coin were melted down.

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Thieves also are increasingly targeting museum items with gold and other precious metals that can be melted down and with gemstones that can be removed and sold, the agency said in a report in August.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of melted down

Adjective

The actor worked with Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers to adapt the true story of a radio news broadcaster and an aggrieved kidnapper with modern-day parallels to figures like Luigi Mangione.

— Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Schiltz added that any aggrieved teacher can file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of aggrieved

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People, wildlife and domestic animals get valley fever when the soil in these burrows is disturbed, by a dog digging, a kick of the boot, a shovel, construction equipment, wind or wildfire.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Clean Regularly Spiders don’t like to be disturbed, so an unused area of your porch is likely to be attractive real estate.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of disturbed

Adjective

Morales recalled overhearing Ramirez on the phone in January confiding in someone about her troubled relationship.

— Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Still, the concern extends beyond political disagreement for the anonymous worker who left the troubled Livingston production behind.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of troubled

Verb

Treasury yields remain stubbornly high, but income investors don’t need to be concerned yet.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
During a press conference last week, when asked about Alligator Alcatraz, DeSantis said that staff were concerned they’d be accused of mistreatment.

— Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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