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freaked out

Date: Jun 20 2002

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I arrived in Paris to begin making the movie. And I just freaked out.”
- Matt Damon, movie star, talking about making the The Bourne Identity.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

scared, frightened, excited

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

“Freaked out” is a flexible idiom. You can use it in many different situations to express many different things. For example, you could be freaked out about something scary. Or you could freak out because you’re very happy about something. The best time to use freak out is to describe an overwhelming feeling. It doesn’t matter if the feeling is happy, sad, funny or scary. If it’s a very strong feeling, then you could freak out about it.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I was freaked out last night when I heard a noise. But it was just my cat!”

“I was freaked out last night when we were at the graveyard. I don’t like being in graveyards at night.”

“She freaked out when she met Michael Jackson because she loved him so much.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

When Matt Damon says that he just freaked out, he means that he was very scared and nervous, and also terrified.
by Denisse (Lima, Peru)
The answer is: When you are scared about something.
by Leticia (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Freak out means: to suddenly fell extremely surprised, amazed or some times confused.
by Eduardo (São Paulo, Brazil)
I think that could be: Become very excited; go wild; lose one’s cool; undergo a sudden mood change
by Elcio (Brazil)
Freaked out – become or make very angry; undergo hallucinations; adopt an unconventional lifestyle
by Ruxandra (Bucharest, Romania)
Being freaked out means being overwhelmed at something, or simply being surprised or shocked at something.
by Diona (Philippines)
Meaning: to get extremely emotional.
by Victor (Sao Carlos, Brazil)
“Freak out” means.. to be very excited.
by Meaad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
I think “freaked out” means being scared, frightened by something which is strange and freaking. But here it also kinda means being scared of something challenging.
by Sally
I suddenly felt frightened.
by Monique (Belgium)
I think that “freaked out” in this sense was used to mean: got irritated, lost temper, got uncontrolled.
by Marialba