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adjective

Definition of wigged-outnext
as in hysteric

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wigged (out)

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang
as in cracked
to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigged-out
  1. frantic
  2. hysterical
  3. distraught
  4. frenzied
  5. raving
  6. choked
  7. distracted
  8. obsessed
Adjective
  • Editors’ Picks Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 Image Ms. Battista, the medical student in Rome who was evicted, said her frantic search for another place not far from the city center took five months.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What's New Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance sparked a frantic search, has issued a statement after she was found safe.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of frantic
Adjective
  • With hysterical plotlines involving things like intercourse with baked goods or hair gels made from bodily fluids?
    Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Upon losing to Ryan Gosling, who won for La La Land, the cameras caught Reynolds giving a hysterical celebratory kiss to Andrew Garfield during the ceremony.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of hysterical
Adjective
  • There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The video also captures a distraught women yelling into her cellphone, apparently devastated by the destruction.
    Tara Prindiville, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of distraught
Adjective
  • As the country was in a frenzied delirium, Nani was having hallucinations of her own.
    Payal Kapadia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The frenzied pop record was coupled with a music video depicting the grueling experience of pop stardom, particularly the way young artists are often treated as disposable.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • And then there’s the Freaking Laser Beam cocktail, served with a gummy shark, for more raving fans.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Following the show, fans ran to the comments section to leave their raving reviews.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
Definition of raving
Verb
  • Jung-bae wound up in a room of three, with Player 001 and some rando — but Player 001 choked the stranger to death in time to reduce their head count, shocking Jung-bae more than a bit.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Many industries and landfills that made life untenable are gone, wiped out by economic downturns and deindustrialization, but the land and air are still so choked with detritus and pollution that people have not returned.
    Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of choked
Adjective
  • On the road:This confusing road sign warns of a hidden winter weather danger How much distracted driving increases during holidays and events Unable to view our graphics?
    Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Musk is already the most distracted CEO in the world, though, and his governmental role won’t make that better.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of distracted
Adjective
  • But more important to me is why everyone seems so weirdly obsessed with Rick.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The actress stars as Ellen Hutter, a newlywed with whom Nosferatu becomes obsessed, in the gothic fantasy film.
    Mariel Turner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of obsessed
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