wigging out
Completely losing it
Wigging out is losing composure—freaking out, panicking, or behaving erratically under stress: She was wigging out about the deadline.
The phrase can describe anxiety, excitement, or drug-induced disorientation.
Someone who wigs out has temporarily lost their grip: He completely wigged out when he saw the bill.
- panickingExperiencing acute terror
- freakingMild intensifying expletive
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
having a fit · nervous breakdown · snapping · frenzy · flipping · coming unglued · distress · alarmed · hyperventilating · anxiety · stress response · overwhelm · unhinged · off the rails · losing control · flailing · shouting · fear
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
emotional state
wigging outkeeping cool
keeping one's cool · keeping calm · chilling out · mellowing out · calming down