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freaked out



freaked-out






ADJECTIVE
maniacal
Synonyms




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While the audience freaked out with joy, she brought her fiancé, 26-year-old right-wing writer Vance Voetberg, on stage.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

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

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

She returned to production in January, she said, though she was more than a little freaked out.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

British Columbians freaked out in August when the province’s supreme court ruled that the Cowichan First Nation has Aboriginal title to some 800 acres in Richmond, just south of Vancouver.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

No, it isn’t—it was steel and he jumped away totally freaked out.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

YouTube is awash with videos of freaked-out Midwesterners batting the meaty fish from their boats.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

“This is a man!” the freaked-out Teamster shouts in “Dead Outlaw,” a mischievous but never meanspirited ghost story of a musical about McCurdy from the creators of “The Band’s Visit.”

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2024

Sure, this was not as fun as the time that Harlan dramatized the scampering of a freaked-out cat.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2021

Now, artisanal wellness brands and billion-dollar pharmaceutical companies alike have packaged and marketed lavender to a freaked-out populace.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2019

“My mom was like all freaked-out about it, said Manny’d never missed a day since 1973.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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