freakish
22
6.8
- adjective
- /ˈfrikɪʃ/
- The weather has been so freakish this year, with tornadoes in winter and snow in summer.
- grotesque and freakish
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- So Jay Waller, you have freakish amount of discipline.
- So also JJ has got this, like, freakish stamina, by the way.
- Ban is a freakish assemblage of recombinant fragments.
- I was texting him like, homie, this is freakish.
- You want to over deliver consistently at a freakish level.
- The writer's like, Oh no, oh God, the writer with his fucking freakish, like, long fingers.
- And what they did was so outside to me was so weird, so freakish.
- Like they they really do have freakish levels of strength in in many different ways.
- You know, that autopsy is freakish.
- I love going live and people like that ain't me exactly, but I'm like one of the few people on earth that have this freakish obsession about.
- Well, because it is true that when we people talk about geniuses, they are other they're they're they're almost freakish.
- They use terrible and very freakish events to push forward, and behind them is a whole legion of hell.
- It's like, no, there's a rare super select group of people who are born with these freakish jeans.
- I am freakish at work. In my land, I am a working machine. I I'm in the middle of a companies. I'm doing movies at a high level. I'm doing plays,
Examples
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September ran out in a late and freakish thunderstorm, and October breezed in, golden and smiling.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mayor, the town is being destroyed by three girls with freakish powers.
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Because it's freakish how quickly you could do that.
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Over the next few weeks, he began to find out just how freakish reality could become.
Fiction book (1996) -
But McCarthy takes that and makes it into this really freakish character.
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Eyes that big and dark in a face so white, so thin, looked almost freakish.
Fiction book (1999) -
I just think he has a freakish ability to disarm, to make people feel seen.
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Both of these hurricanes were caused by freakish weather patterns that came together to create
Blog text (15) -
Their circular field was the only land in view that wasn't erupting with freakish new life.
Fiction book (2001) -
Silence, while Laurel refocused her attention and came to terms with this freakish development.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.4
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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3.2
Strange or unusual in a way that makes people feel uncomfortable
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2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
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1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
389
5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
158
6.9
Strange in a way that makes you feel scared or nervous
142
4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
101
4.6
Different from what is normal and expected
98
4.2
Different from what is usual in a way that may be worrying
91
7.2
Different from normal in a way people notice
68
4.4
Unusual in a way that is odd but likable
65
6.9
Being very strange and ugly in a way that shocks or amuses
32
7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
28
8.0
Acting or feeling very strange
15
9.7
Very strange and wild in style or behavior
14
8.0
Strange and often funny in a surprising way
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9.3
Strange and amusing in how a person or thing looks and acts
3
8.1
Unusual in a way that people notice
1
9.9
Very strange and exciting in a wild way
1
9.9
Very unusual and sometimes strange in a way that attracts attention
1
7.9
Slightly strange in a small, gentle way
Strange and sometimes a little shocking
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Etymology
Freakish comes from the simple word freak, which long ago could mean a sudden change or a strange person and later came to mean 'odd' or 'unexpected'. The ending -ish means 'like' or 'somewhat', so freakish literally means 'like a freak' and is used for something very strange or unusual.