freaked out

VERB

lose control

Synonyms

STRONGEST

go crazy lose it

WEAK

blow a gasket blow one's mind blow one's stack blow one's top break down come unglued crack up flip one's lid flip out fly off the handle go ape go ballistic go bananas go berserk go haywire go nuts go off the deep end hit the ceiling lose control of oneself lose one's composure lose one's cool lose one's mind lose one's temper wig out work oneself up

freaked-out

ADJECTIVE

crazy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insane kooky mad nuts nutty silly wacky

STRONG

ape berserk cuckoo lunatic potty psycho screwball

WEAK

barmy bats in the belfry batty bonkers cracked crazed daft delirious demented deranged dingy dippy erratic flaky flipped flipped-out fruity idiotic mad as a March hare mad as a hatter maniacal mental moonstruck nutty as fruitcake of unsound mind out of one's mind out of one's tree out to lunch round the bend screw loose screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged unzipped

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected rational reasonable sane sound

WEAK

realistic responsible sensible

ADJECTIVE

frantic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitated angry delirious distraught frenetic frenzied furious hectic mad overwrought weird

STRONG

distracted distressed

WEAK

at wit's end berserk beside oneself corybantic crazy deranged excited flipped-out fraught hot and bothered hot under the collar hyper in a stew in a tizzy insane out of control rabid raging raving shook-up unglued unscrewed unzipped violent weirded out wigged out wild wired worked-up zonkers

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected happy normal pleased sane

WEAK

composed docile peaceful tranquil

ADJECTIVE

high

Synonyms

STRONG

drunk flying

WEAK

delirious doped euphoric inebriated on a trip potted spaced out stoned tanked tipsy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sober straight

ADJECTIVE

lunatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crazed cuckoo maniacal

STRONG

absurd bananas irrational maniac stupid whacko zany

WEAK

baked balmy bonkers cracked daft demented deranged dippy flaky flipped-out foolish fried half-baked idiotic insane kooky loco nonsensical nutty preposterous psyched-out screwy unsound

Antonyms

STRONG

logical rational reasonable sensible

WEAK

sane

ADJECTIVE

madding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frantic

WEAK

agitated angry at wit's end berserk beside oneself corybantic crazy delirious deranged distraught excited flipped-out fraught frenetic frenzied furious hectic hot and bothered hot under the collar hyper hysterical in a stew in a tizzy insane mad out of control overwrought panic-stricken rabid raging raving shook-up unglued unscrewed unzipped violent weird weirded out wigged out wild wired worked-up zonkers

ADJECTIVE

manic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frenzied insane maniacal nutty

WEAK

berserk crazed demented deranged excited flipped flipped-out freaky high hopped up lunatic mad overexcited psychotic rabid raving unbalanced up wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sane

ADJECTIVE

maniacal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delirious

WEAK

demoniac lunatic mad raving

ADJECTIVE

overwrought

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frantic

WEAK

affected agitated all shook up beside oneself crazy distracted emotional excitable fired-up flipped-out histrionic histrionical hot under collar hot-and-bothered hyper in a state nervous neurotic on edge overexcited overstrung overworked spent steamed up stirred strung-out tense tired uneasy unstrung uptight weary wired worked-up worn wound-up

Antonyms

WEAK

calm collected cool rested unruffled

ADJECTIVE

rabid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crazed delirious enthusiastic fanatical fervent frenzied furious virulent zealous

WEAK

berserk bigoted bitten corybantic crazy deranged extreme extremist flipped foaming at the mouth frantic frenetic hog-wild hot infuriated insane intemperate intolerant irrational keen mad mad-dog narrow-minded nutty obsessed overboard poisoned radical raging revolutionary sick sizzling smoking steamed up ultra ultraist violent wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm disinterested dispassionate indifferent lethargic sane unenthusiastic unexcited

WEAK

delighted happy pleased

Example Sentences

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Everyone freaked out in different amounts and at different times and to different degrees of wanting to talk about it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Food and Drug Administration freaked out about potential risks to human health.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

In the city, I rarely get freaked out at night.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

When Napster and YouTube took college campuses and then the world by storm, Hollywood freaked out about piracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

I had a million things I wanted to say: I’m sorry I freaked out like that; I don’t know what came over me.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

freaked out

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