freakout
an act or instance of freaking out.
a person who freaks out.
to lose or cause to lose emotional control from extreme excitement, shock, fear, joy, despair, etc.: Seeing the dead body completely freaked him out.
to enter into or cause a period of irrational behavior or emotional instability, especially under the influence of a drug: to be freaked out on LSD.
Origin of freakout
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How to use freakout in a sentence
They had a freak-out moment and destroyed some source material.
And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey know enough not to totally freak out, but they know enough to be concerned, too.
Just the other day, the employee watched another mother freak out after her daughter licked some of the buttons in an elevator.
If people are actually concerned about mamading increasing as a sexual practice, do not freak out about it.
The Internet’s Latest Pearl-Clutching Panic Over Mamading Is Insane | Emily Shire | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he called to a cop who was just coming in: 'Say, O'Keefe, run that young fat freak out of here, will you?
The Haunted Pajamas | Francis Perry ElliottNot a wooden freak out of Noah's ark, whittled out with a jack-knife, such as I had last year.
Old Crow | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for freak out
informal to be or cause to be in a heightened emotional state, such as that of fear, anger, or excitement
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Other Idioms and Phrases with freakout
Experience or cause to experience hallucinations, paranoia, or other frightening feelings as a result of taking a mind-altering drug. For example, They were freaking out on LSD or some other drug. [Slang; mid-1960s]
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