freak out
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freak out
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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).
noun freak outs
verb freaks out · freaking out · freaked out
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To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
When Peter saw the nail poking up through his foot, he freaked out and started hyperventilating.
Similar: set one's hair on fire, flip out, flip shit, flip one's shit · Opposite: bum out
- To scare or unnerve someone. Don't take off your shirt when working behind the counter. You'll freak the customers out.
- To be upset or nervous; to be scared or unnerved.
- To adopt an unconventional (especially countercultural) persona or appearance. On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express CREATIVELY his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole.
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verb react with anger or fear
| Español | rayarse, trastornarse, friquearse, encojonar, escandalizarse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빡치다 ppakchida, 지랄하다 jiralhada |
| 日本語 | 腹が立つ haragatatsu |
| 中文 | 發瘋 /发疯 fāfēng, 嚇壞 /吓坏 xiàhuài |
| Português | surtar |
| Français | s'affoler, disjoncter, flipper, paniquer |
| Deutsch | ausflippen, durchdrehen, ausrasten |
| Italiano | dare di matto, sclerare |
| Русский | выходи́ть из себя́ vyxodítʹ iz sebjá, вы́йти из себя́ výjti iz sebjá, обалдева́ть obaldevátʹ, обалде́ть obaldétʹ, офигева́ть ofigevátʹ, офиге́ть ofigétʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hoảng loạn |
| العربية | خرج عن طوره |
verb scare someone
| Español | friquear, enloquecer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 겁주다 geopjuda |
| 日本語 | 怖がらせる kowagaraseru |
| 中文 | 嚇 /吓 xià, 嚇唬 /吓唬 xiàhu, 嚇死 /吓死 xiàsǐ |
| Português | amedrontar, assustar |
| Français | faire flipper, faire paniquer |
| Italiano | intimorire, spaventare |
| Русский | пуга́ть pugátʹ, напуга́ть napugátʹ, испуга́ть ispugátʹ |
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