freaking 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

Example Sentences

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freaking out

"I'm seeing a lot of people that are freaking out about it," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

This, alas, includes me: After freaking out a little about my salad order from earlier this week, I switched to steaming-hot vegetarian noodles from a neighborhood Chinese shop.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

It’s not hard to understand why people freaking out.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

But the parents have one thing in common: They worry, but they aren’t freaking out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Ivy was scared and kind of freaking out, but it felt so good just to cry and have a real person hear her.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake