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adjective

Definition of wigged-outnext
as in hysteric

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wigged (out)

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang
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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  1. frantic
  2. hysterical
  3. distraught
  4. frenzied
  5. raving
  6. choked
  7. distracted
  8. obsessed
Adjective
  • This year's garment celebrates the hectic holiday season with a frantic, detachable cheeseburger.
    Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The big win of the night was for Sandro Botticelli’s 15th-century painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned, which sold after a frantic ten-minute bidding war between nine parties.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of frantic
Adjective
  • Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Ken Truitt said the person who called police was hysterical and said her baby had been murdered, according to the Ventura County Star.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Related Stories Hooked On Bach: How Finneas O'Connell Went Classical For Alfonso Cuarón's 'Disclaimer' - Crew Call Podcast A Hero Meets A Tragic End In Cannes-Winning Oscar Contender 'The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent' These Creature Commandos are a hysterical, yet lovable bunch.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of hysterical
Adjective
  • As the war goes on Lena is distraught, not knowing anything of what has become of him, not receiving any letters.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rebecca De Mornay starred as a twisted widow who, distraught over losing her own baby, insinuates herself into a family as their nanny, with the ultimate goal of taking the kids and the husband for herself.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of distraught
Adjective
  • The weakness of the Biden administration’s policies was drowned out by frenzied attention to some Republicans’ objections to supporting Ukraine.
    Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Severe lightning, torrential rain and 70-mph winds sent the frenzied sellout crowd of 90,000 at Memorial Stadium scampering for cover.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • 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
  • Following the show, fans ran to the comments section to leave their raving reviews.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
Definition of raving
Verb
  • There was a lot of love in that room, and I was all choked-up — a proud sister moment.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The trial over the death of Jordan Neely—which made Daniel Penny, the man who choked him, a right-wing cause célèbre—became a flash point in the debate over crime and vigilantism in big cities.
    Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of choked
Adjective
  • Grant’s students have partnered with the Anthony Phoenix Branca Foundation to spread awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
    Reggie Grant, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In that tragedy, an unlicensed 16-year-old boy was behind the wheel and either fell asleep or became distracted, according to investigators.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of distracted
Adjective
  • Intense, weird, different, arrogant, crazy, selfish and obsessed.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Who but a madman would become obsessed with the stuff?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of obsessed
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