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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
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the phone calls for additional funding became more frantic from producers.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025 -
When intentionally chosen, the right scent can even shift your mood—lifting you out of a listless haze or helping ease a frantic pace.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Community Peacock Everybody Loves Raymond Years: 1996-2005 Length: 9 seasons, 210 episodes Creator: Philip Rosenthal One of the best sitcoms of all time, the CBS juggernaut remains hysterical, and Peacock is now the exclusive streaming home of the Barone family.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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That means tending to his extremely young widow, pitching in with the funeral arrangements and the wake, and enduring an endless amount of performative grieving, the more hysterical the better.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In suburban Denver, a mother has been left distraught after her husband, Venezuelan immigrant Jefferson Jose Laya Freites, was sent to the same prison in El Salvador.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Some were visibly distraught, crying or in a state of panic.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During the frenzied pre-sale, though, frustrated fans described being in queue for hours on end and often ending up empty-handed for the initial run of U.K. and Irish dates.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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On the train, Amina sat next to a woman travelling alone with her baby, who was refusing to nap despite the mother’s frenzied attempts.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Following the show, fans ran to the comments section to leave their raving reviews.—
Chaise Sanders,
Country Living,
5 Jan. 2023
Verb
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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
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Hawkins Point had historically been used as a defensive boundary and was sacrificed to keep Baltimore safe from the toxicity that choked residents while allowing the city to benefit from the income industries brought in.—
Larkin Gallup,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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More than 3,300 Americans died in distracted driving crashes in 2022, according to federal statistics.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Heat crowd was typical in its distracted energy.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In this novel, a detective, a tabloid journalist, and a professor become obsessed with a string of strange and gruesome killings.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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And to end on a buzz, try this Sake-Grapefruit Fizz, an effervescent citrusy cocktail that our test kitchen became obsessed with.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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