freaked out - 16 thesaurus results
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, distracted |
| Synonyms: | agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself*, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered*, hot under the collar*, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired*, worked up, zonkers |
| Notes: | frantic (from Latin phrenecticus 'frenetic') pertains to a mental state or condition, to a frame of mind, whereas that of frenetic pertains rather to a type of behavior or conduct |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | absurd, baked*, balmy*, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, flaky*, foolish, fried*, idiotic, insane, irrational, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, psychotic, screwy*, stupid, unsound, zany, bananas, dippy, flipped out, freaked out, kooky, loco, psyched out, schizoid, whacko |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manic/maniacal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overexcited, crazy |
| Synonyms: | berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, excited, frenzied, high*, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty*, psychotic, rabid, raving, unbalanced, up*, wild, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, freaky, turned-out |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overwrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted and excited |
| Synonyms: | affected, agitated, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, frantic, high*, nervous, neurotic, on edge*, overexcited, overworked, spent, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung, uptight*, weary, wired, worn, all shook up, fired-up, flipped out, freaked-out, hot under collar, hot-and-bothered, hyper, in a state, keyed-up, overstrung, steamed up, stirred, strung-out, worked-up, wound-up |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, cool, rested, unruffled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rabid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry; maniacal |
| Synonyms: | berserk, bigoted, bitten, crazed*, crazy, delirious, deranged, enthusiastic, extreme, extremist, fanatical, fervent, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hot*, infuriated, insane, intemperate, intolerant, irrational, keen, mad, narrow-minded, nutty*, obsessed, poisoned, radical, raging, revolutionary, sick*, ultra, violent, virulent, wild, zealous, corybantic, flipped, foaming at the mouth, freaked out, mad-dog, overboard, sizzling, smoking, steamed up, ultraist |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, excited, frenzied, high, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal, nutty, overexcited, psychotic, rabid, raving, unbalanced, up, wild, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, freaky, hopped up, turned out |
| Antonyms: | sane |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally strange |
| Synonyms: | ape, barmy, bats in the belfry, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy*, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, mad as a March hare*, mad as a hatter, maniacal, mental*, moonstruck, nuts, nutty, nutty as fruitcake, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, out of one's tree, out to lunch, potty, psycho, round the bend, schizo, screw loose, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged*, unzipped, wacky |
| Antonyms: | balanced, realistic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intoxicated, drugged |
| Synonyms: | delirious, drunk, flying*, inebriated, spaced out*, stoned*, tipsy, doped, euphoric, freaked out, on a trip, potted, tanked |
| Antonyms: | sober |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on*, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out*, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out*, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay*, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | repel, repulse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break down mentally |
| Synonyms: | collapse, decline, derange, deteriorate, fail, flip out*, freak out*, go crazy, go to pieces*, sicken, become demented, become psychotic, blow a fuse, come apart at seams, go bonkers, go nuts, go off deep end, go off rocker, go out of mind, have breakdown, schizz out |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; experience happiness |
| Synonyms: | allure, amuse, attract, charm, cheer, content, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, gratify, groove*, hit the spot*, knock out*, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, turn on, wow, arride, be the ticket, delectate, go over big, jubilate, knock dead, tickle pink, tickle to death |
| Antonyms: | depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk endlessly |
| Synonyms: | babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow one's top, carry on*, come unglued*, declaim, flip one's lid, freak out*, fume, gabble, go ape, go bananas, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar, run amuck, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder, wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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