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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
  • The frantic imagery was shot using a Ronin 4D and a Filmotechnic Technoscope F27 crane to embellish a feeling of claustrophobia.
    Daron James, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
  • There's no need for a language barrier to cause a frantic rush to cram in the language a week before your trip.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • The emotion of the hysterical parents and seeing the child in the road was too much for Headrick to bear in the moment.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • But South Africa fits with Trump’s apparent belief, one reflected in the stream of hysterical rhetoric about the treatment of Afrikaners, that anti-white discrimination is the most pernicious ideology in the world.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Simone initially doesn’t respond to the proposal, too distraught at the sudden ask and her estranged father’s presence.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • In the rocket, a distraught Belinda explains to the robots that Alan bought the star, not her.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Executive produced by Ye, the surprise Christmas Day release of the frenzied Whole Lotta Red in 2020 cemented him as a top-tier artist.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 28 May 2025
  • After hubris comes nemesis, and after the frenzied excesses of the woke revolution came Donald Trump.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 May 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
  • In February, a female officer was choked, punched, and kicked in the face and body by an inmate with a face covering.
    Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • At one point, while being choked from behind, the 102-pound, 5-foot-tall 18-year-old managed to fully flip one of her attackers over, with the suspect landing on the concrete ground.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While Walker is so distracted, a high-speed chase involving the other four cops in on his dirty-money scheme is unfolding across town.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, doctors crafted a diagnosis that could explain distracted and excitable personalities, and a consensus formed about how to treat them.
    Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • TikTok viewers instantly became obsessed with a Ring doorbell camera perfectly capturing a delivery driver's reaction after spotting dogs sitting at the front door.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • The Phineas and Ferb star previously revealed that her older daughter has become obsessed with her High School Musical character in a TikTok shared earlier this month.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 22 May 2025
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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