freak out
Completely lose control
Freak out means to become extremely agitated, anxious, or upset: Don't freak out, but I crashed your car.
It can also mean to cause someone else to panic or lose composure: The spider freaked her out.
The phrase emerged from 1960s counterculture, where it also described intense drug experiences or wild abandon.
A freak-out is a moment of losing control.
Intense hostile emotion
- furyIntense violent anger
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- temperState of mind
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
livid · seethe · enraged · infuriated · fuming · irate · explode · blow up
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hyperventilateBreathe excessively fast
- heart-poundingCausing intense physical excitement
anxiety · phobia · tremble · shiver · shudder · cold sweat · trepidation · fright
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- outburstSudden emotional release
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
- losing itMental composure collapsing
unhinged · hysterics · screaming · thrashing · frenzy · delirium · overwrought · distraught
Burden beyond capacity
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
bombarded · drowning · paralyzed · suffocated · besieged · flooded · overcome · shutting down
Shocked into speechlessness
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
- jaw-droppingExtremely surprising or impressive
gobsmacked · thunderstruck · dumbfounded · reeling · staggered · floored · speechless · astonished
anger
Intense hostile emotion
wrath · livid · seethe · enraged · infuriated · fuming · irate · explode · blow up · lose it
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hyperventilateBreathe excessively fast
heart-pounding · anxiety · phobia · tremble · shiver · shudder · cold sweat · trepidation · fright · apprehension
hysteria
Uncontrollable emotional excess
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- outburstSudden emotional release
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
losing it · unhinged · hysterics · screaming · thrashing · frenzy · delirium · overwrought · distraught · flustered
overload
Burden beyond capacity
inundated · bombarded · drowning · paralyzed · suffocated · besieged · flooded · overcome · shutting down · too much
stunned
Shocked into speechlessness
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
jaw-dropping · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · dumbfounded · reeling · staggered · floored · speechless · astonished · aghast
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, losing it, snapping
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- carnival ridesFerris wheel, carousel, bumper cars, merry-go-round, tilt-a-whirl
- emotional outburstsmeltdown, outburst, tantrum, temper tantrum, angry outburst
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
freak outstay calm
Remain unruffled
keep cool · keep one's cool · chill out · relax · keep it together
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