English Explanatory Dictionary

freak out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.
verb
  1. To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
  2. To scare or unnerve someone.
  3. To be upset or nervous; to be scared or unnerved.
  4. To adopt an unconventional (especially countercultural) persona or appearance.

Pronunciation

En-au-freak out.ogg

Word forms

freak out freak outs freaks out freaking out freaked out

Etymology

From freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic, usually a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. First use appears c. 1966 in several newspapers, particularly in the Independent (Long Beach, California).

Synonyms

set one's hair on fire flip out flip shit flip one's shit

Antonyms

bummer bum trip bum out
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