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

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freaking out

Since you last thought about math, the people who think about math every day have been freaking out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Opinion: Are you silently freaking out about retirement?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 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

Meanwhile Adam Hoijard, from Wirral, said he and his family arrived three hours early, and stood in the queue for hours before people started "freaking out and feeling sick".

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

To keep myself from completely freaking out, I pull One Thousand and One Careers out of my bag.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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