whacked-out

[ hwakt-out, wakt- ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. tired; exhausted; worn-out.
2. wacky; crazy.
3. stupefied or crazed by narcotic drugs or alcohol; stoned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whacked-out¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Aside from being so whacked-out and silly, it’s just not practically possible.

From Slate

“Noah’s bringing in pop music from all over the place, but he’s putting this Texas air into it. That really resonates with me, because we are a whacked-out state that produces a lot of left-field art. At the same time, Noah does his own thing. There’s joy there.”

From New York Times

He also denounced the trial judge as a “Democrat Trump-deranged judge” and derided a state judge in a separate case who recently refused to halt collection of a $454 million civil fraud penalty against Trump as “another whacked-out judge.”

From Seattle Times

We need an alternative to Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee to prevent the return of an even more whacked-out and vengeful Trump in January 2025.

From Salon

There’s been a ton of coverage on conservative outlets ever since, often in the vein of “look at how these whacked-out socialists are fouling their own nest.”

From Seattle Times