freak out

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lose control v.
bad drug trip n.
loss of emotional control n.

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

NOUN

bad drug trip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bad trip

STRONG

hallucinatory state

NOUN

loss of emotional control

Synonyms

STRONG

breakdown crack-up hysteria nervous breakdown nervous prostration

WEAK

agitation fear shock terror

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That is a guideline, so don’t freak out if you are not on track yet to reach that milestone yet.

From MarketWatch ● May 30, 2026

After she nurses him back to health, Matt falls madly in love only to freak out when he learns about her sordid past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

"If you were, like, 'There's turbulence up ahead, I don't know if we're actually going to land in Dallas'... everyone on the plane is going to freak out," she explains.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

But as much as people freak out over Mamdani’s modest proposal of building a few government-run grocery stores, this conflict is not about policy.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025

Either they’d freak out and worry I was going crazy.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

freak out

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