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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigged-out
Adjective
  • But frantic calls to her husband’s doctor’s office resulted in an appointment 10 days later.
    Sara Belcher, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The trailer opens with a frantic DiCaprio grabbing a payphone to call into the rebellion using secret codes.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Amina always looked forward to these reunions; she was allowed to be a tourist with her friends, speaking too-loud English, getting a little hysterical.
    Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Lourd said she’s stoked for TV audiences to see just how hysterical Bomer is on Mid-Century Modern.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Cleaning up the crash delayed the start by 15 minutes as a distraught Hadjar made his way back to the pits to watch the race unfold without him.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Alongside co-writing and producing, Graham also stars, the British TV icon giving yet another in a long line of towering performances, this time as the son’s distraught father trying to grapple with the how’s, what’s and why’s.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But the complications with the clock ticking and the fate of the free world at stake are all part on the frenzied fun.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Berrigan’s frenzied poetic output, championing the values of boldness and immediacy, would remain a lifelong influence for Brainard.
    David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
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
Verb
  • Jung-bae wound up in a room of three, with Player 001 and some rando — but Player 001 choked the stranger to death in time to reduce their head count, shocking Jung-bae more than a bit.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Hawkins Point had historically been used as a defensive boundary and was sacrificed to keep Baltimore safe from the toxicity that choked residents while allowing the city to benefit from the income industries brought in.
    Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Who remembers the 2005 headline-making story of how Banksy snuck a painting into the Metropolitan Museum of Art disguised with a fake beard and trench coat, while two accomplices argued with a distracted security guard?
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Ivy seemed slightly distracted by Gable’s sudden appearance, which allowed Dakota Kai to open with a flurry of offense.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Tyler Hilton shrugged it off when his 5-year-old daughter, Winnie, became obsessed with a series introduced by a nanny.
    Leena Tailor, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Young then transferred to New York University and became obsessed with the music scene the city had to offer, eventually leaving the school.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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