as in distraught
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1
as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
don't talk about death, as it totally freaks me out
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2
as in melted down
to yield to mental or emotional stress
the landlady totally freaked out when she saw the dead body in the hall
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Adjective
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Fans were distraught last year when rumor spread that the two were beefing.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
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Israelis have also remained distraught over the fate of family and friends who have been held hostage since the October 2023 attack by Hamas.—
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Three weeks ago, an extremely freaked out Judge Alice Dockery (Tricia Alexandro) found something presumably very wrong in a file and called Detective Fleming (Miles Mussenden) to come to her office immediately.—
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In other words: a dystopian capsule wardrobe of freaked basics.—
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The mineral can stay airborne for days once disturbed, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.—
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The relationship quickly unearthed something that disturbed him.—
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With it, the administration could be setting itself up for a new fight that unites climate activists with aggrieved landowners.—
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Lee, Pinchot and Watson play three of the series’ myriad potential suspects: aggrieved brother of the president, moody pastry chef and assistant White House usher, respectively.—
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s troubled luxury sector is showing signs of revival after an upbeat earnings season.—
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More bluntly – and, journalistically, more truthfully, accurately, and appropriately – these are troubled times, chaotic times.—
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.—
Adjective
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With the recent temporary suspensions on research grant reviews and payments for researchers and talk of mass layoffs and budget cuts at the National Science Foundation, scientists are already worried about how science funding will be affected.—
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That’s a lot of CO2, something airlines are increasingly worried about.—
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Slot said Alexander-Arnold was not distracted by fluttering eyes in Spain but the right-back looked like a man with his mind elsewhere.—
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Meanwhile, some basic realities are that Russia is distracted by the war Ukraine, and is not of much help to Iran's regional military strategy.—
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“Freaked-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked-out. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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