| Main Entry: | wig out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get very angry |
Synonyms: |
blow a gasket, flip out, get into a tizzy, go ape, lose one's cool, pop one's cork |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become extraordinarily upset |
Synonyms: |
flip out, go beserk, go insane, go mad, lose control, rave, unhinge, 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: | frenetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maniacal |
Synonyms: |
corybantic, delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furibund, furious, hyper, in a lather, insane, lost it, mad, obsessive, overwrought, phrenetic, rabid, unbalanced, unscrewed, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired |
Antonyms: |
balanced, calm |
| 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: | flip one's wig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose one's cool |
Synonyms: |
blow a gasket, blow one's cool, blow one's top, blow up, flip, flip one's lid, flip out, go off the deep end, hit the ceiling, pop one's cork, wig out |
| Main Entry: | hit the ceiling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get very angry |
Synonyms: |
blow a gasket, flip out, fly off the handle, hit the roof, lose one's cool, lose one's temper, wig out |
| Main Entry: | off the wall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarrely unusual |
Synonyms: |
absurd, crazy, curious, daft, different, eccentric, flaky, kinky, kooky, nonconforming, not tightly wrapped, nuts, nutty, odd, oddball, off-center, out in left field, outlandish, peculiar, queer, schizo, schizoid, strange, unconventional, unpredictable, wacky, weird, wigged out |