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Recent Examples of freaked
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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Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2023
In other words: a dystopian capsule wardrobe of freaked basics.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2022
Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2023
In other words: a dystopian capsule wardrobe of freaked basics.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freaked
Adjective
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Despite his status as a pop culture icon for close to 50 years now, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic has claimed he’s not terribly bothered about being overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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When taking a deeper look at what causes Americans to feel bothered about protesters waving Mexican flags, some clear patterns emerge.—
Loren Collingwood,
The Conversation,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Small business owners, who rely on social media to promote and sell their products, were especially worried with a busy festive season looming.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Parents are worried not just about getting food on the table, but whether that food is good for their kids.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Family distrusts police investigation after shooting Taddese’s family has been distraught since his death, according to Bernard.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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As police secured the area with crime scene tape, distraught family members began arriving at the scene late Sunday night, according to police dispatch audio.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During the trials, some participants experienced nausea and an upset stomach, but investigators found that dividing up the pills, instead of taking all four at once, and swallowing them with orange juice instead of water, helped relieve the symptoms.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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So don’t be overly upset Yankee fans.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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In half of them, the flooding disturbed asbestos, Cassellius said, which had to be removed.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Black Rabbit is co-created and primarily written by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, who respectively wrote and produced the 2024 Justin Kurzel crime drama The Order, in which Law played an aggrieved FBI agent chasing a neo-Nazi group led by Nicholas Hoult.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But occasionally, an individual surfaces who is able to navigate these troubled waters and seemingly coasts through the bad weather.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Deeply troubled parents spoke to senators Tuesday, sounding alarms about chatbot harms after kids became addicted to companion bots that encouraged self-harm, suicide, and violence.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Freaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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