off fleek
- idiom
- Slang
- If your makeup is off fleek, just touch it up before leaving the house.
Examples
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After the rain ruined my hair, I felt totally off fleek all day.
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His outfit was a bit off fleek compared to the rest of the group at the party.
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Her outfit is definitely off fleek today.
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I can't believe you think that hairstyle is off fleek!
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After the rain ruined my hair, I felt totally off fleek all day.
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His outfit was a bit off fleek compared to the rest of the group at the party.
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If your makeup is off fleek, just touch it up before leaving the house.
Synonyms
23
3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
12
5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
1
7.7
Dirty and untidy in appearance
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
off + fleek
The particle 'off' clearly signals a negative or 'not-in-normal-state' relation, so if a learner knew the base 'fleek' they could infer a meaning like 'not stylish' by simple composition. However, 'fleek' is slang and not semantically transparent or widely known (often absent from dictionaries), so the expression's meaning depends on knowing that slang base rather than being fully predictable from standard vocabulary.
Etymology
Off fleek comes from the internet saying on fleek, which people used to say something looked 'perfect' and very stylish. Putting off in front gives the picture of the style slipping away, so off fleek means 'not looking attractive or well-styled'.