"freak out" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-freak out.ogg [Australia] Forms: freak outs [plural]
Etymology: From freak + out. 1960s countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic—usually hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. Etymology templates: {{m|en|freak}} freak, {{m|en|out}} out Head templates: {{en-noun}} freak out (plural freak outs)
  1. (dated slang) A positive experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-freak_out-en-noun--gfixo4L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 33 2 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 46 30 7 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 37 4 14

Verb

Audio: En-au-freak out.ogg [Australia] Forms: freaks out [present, singular, third-person], freaking out [participle, present], freaked out [participle, past], freaked out [past]
Etymology: From freak + out. 1960s countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic—usually hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. Etymology templates: {{m|en|freak}} freak, {{m|en|out}} out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} freak out (third-person singular simple present freaks out, present participle freaking out, simple past and past participle freaked out)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally. Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms: set one's hair on fire, flip out Translations (react with anger or fear): خرج عن طوره (Arabic), ratllar-se (Catalan), 發瘋 (Chinese Mandarin), 发疯 (fāfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 嚇壞 (Chinese Mandarin), 吓坏 (xiàhuài) (english: get very scared) (Chinese Mandarin), flippe ud (Danish), doordraaien (Dutch), konsterniĝi (Esperanto), seota (Finnish), pimahtaa (Finnish), raivostua (Finnish), s’affoler (French), disjoncter [colloquial] (French), flipper [colloquial] (French), paniquer (French), ausflippen (German), durchdrehen (German), ausrasten (German), megőrül (Hungarian), bedilizik (Hungarian), dare di matto (Italian), sclerare (Italian), 腹が立つ (haragatatsu) (Japanese), 빡치다 (ppakchida) (Korean), 지랄하다 (jiralhada) (Korean), surtar (Portuguese), выходи́ть из себя́ (vyxodítʹ iz sebjá) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́йти из себя́ (výjti iz sebjá) [perfective] (Russian), обалдева́ть (obaldevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обалде́ть (obaldétʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian), офигева́ть (ofigevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), офиге́ть (ofigétʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian), охуева́ть (oxujevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охуе́ть (oxujétʹ) (english: very vulgar) [perfective] (Russian), rayarse (Spanish), trastornarse (Spanish), çıldırmak (Turkish), виходити з себе (vyxodyty z sebe) (Ukrainian), hoảng loạn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-freak_out-en-verb-ClqjUXde Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 49 2 10 Disambiguation of 'react with anger or fear': 91 6 4
  2. (informal, transitive) To scare or unnerve someone. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (scare someone): (Chinese Mandarin), (xià) (Chinese Mandarin), 嚇唬 (Chinese Mandarin), 吓唬 (xiàhu) (Chinese Mandarin), 嚇死 (Chinese Mandarin), 吓死 (xiàsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), konsterni (Esperanto), pelottaa (Finnish), faire flipper [colloquial] (French), faire paniquer (French), intimorire (Italian), spaventare (Italian), 怖がらせる (kowagaraseru) (Japanese), 겁주다 (geopjuda) (Korean), amedrontar (Portuguese), assustar (Portuguese), пуга́ть (pugátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), напуга́ть (napugátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), испуга́ть (ispugátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), asustar (Spanish), лякати (ljakaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-freak_out-en-verb-B~aKJpjz Disambiguation of 'scare someone': 14 76 10
  3. (informal, intransitive) To adopt an unconventional (especially countercultural) persona or appearance. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-freak_out-en-verb-1RG4fpSy

Inflected forms

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          "word": "dare di matto"
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          "word": "surtar"
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          "roman": "vyxodítʹ iz sebjá",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "word": "выходи́ть из себя́"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výjti iz sebjá",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "roman": "obaldevátʹ",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "word": "обалдева́ть"
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          "roman": "obaldétʹ",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "roman": "oxujevátʹ",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "very vulgar",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oxujétʹ",
          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "охуе́ть"
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          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
          "word": "rayarse"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "react with anger or fear",
          "word": "trastornarse"
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          "word": "çıldırmak"
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          "word": "виходити з себе"
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          "word": "嚇"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xià",
          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "吓"
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "嚇唬"
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          "roman": "xiàhu",
          "sense": "scare someone",
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          "word": "嚇死"
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          "roman": "xiàsǐ",
          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "吓死"
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          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "konsterni"
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          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "pelottaa"
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          "word": "faire flipper"
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        {
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          "sense": "scare someone",
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        {
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          "word": "intimorire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 76 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "spaventare"
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          "_dis1": "14 76 10",
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          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "怖がらせる"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 76 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geopjuda",
          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "겁주다"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "scare someone",
          "word": "amedrontar"
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      "word": "megőrül"
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      "word": "dare di matto"
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      "word": "sclerare"
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      "sense": "react with anger or fear",
      "word": "腹が立つ"
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      "roman": "ppakchida",
      "sense": "react with anger or fear",
      "word": "빡치다"
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      "roman": "jiralhada",
      "sense": "react with anger or fear",
      "word": "지랄하다"
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      "sense": "react with anger or fear",
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      "word": "çıldırmak"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyxodyty z sebe",
      "sense": "react with anger or fear",
      "word": "виходити з себе"
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      "word": "hoảng loạn"
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      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "嚇"
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      "roman": "xià",
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      "word": "吓"
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      "word": "吓唬"
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      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "嚇死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàsǐ",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "吓死"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "konsterni"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "pelottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scare someone",
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      "word": "faire flipper"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "faire paniquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "intimorire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "spaventare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kowagaraseru",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "怖がらせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "geopjuda",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "겁주다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "amedrontar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "assustar"
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      "sense": "scare someone",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ispugátʹ",
      "sense": "scare someone",
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      "word": "испуга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "scare someone",
      "word": "asustar"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljakaty",
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