| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose self-control |
| Synonyms: | become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip*, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces, lose it, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | be calm, compose |
| Main Entry: | dumbfound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, confuse |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, explicate, lay out |
| Main Entry: | flip out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose one's cool |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crack up, fly off the handle, freak out, go ape, go ballistic, go berserk, go crazy, go haywire, go nuts, go off the deep end, hit the ceiling, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's composure, lose one's mind, lose one's temper, wig out |
| Main Entry: | freak out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's stack, blow one's top, blow one's top, break down, come unglued, crack up, flip one's lid, flip out, flip out, fly off the handle, fly off the handle, freak out, go ape, go ballistic, go ballistic, go bananas, go berserk, go crazy, go crazy, go haywire, go nuts, go nuts, go off the deep end, go off the deep end, hit the ceiling, hit the ceiling, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's composure, lose one's cool, lose one's mind, lose one's mind, lose one's temper, lose one's temper, wig out, wig out, work oneself up |
| Main Entry: | go crazy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become insane |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crack up, flip one's lid, flip out, fly off the handle, freak out, go ballistic, go bananas, go batty, go berserk, go bonkers, go buggy, go cuckoo, go daffy, go haywire, go kooky, go loco, go loony, go mental, go nuts, go nutty, go off, go off one's rocker, go off the deep end, go off the wall, go psycho, go wacko, go wacky, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's cool, lose one's mind, wig out |
| Main Entry: | hallucinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imagine vividly |
| Synonyms: | blow one's mind, daydream, envision, fantasize, freak out, have visions, head trip, hear voices, trip*, visualize |
| Antonyms: | experience |
| Main Entry: | boggle the mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike with wonder |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, awe, be unbelievable, bedazzle, bewilder, blow one away, blow one's mind, bowl over, confound, dazzle, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock one's socks off, perplex, stagger, strike dumb, stun, stupefy |