freakish
queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
whimsical; capricious: freakish behavior.
Origin of freakish
1Other words from freakish
- freak·ish·ly, adverb
- freak·ish·ness, noun
- un·freak·ish, adjective
- un·freak·ish·ly, adverb
- un·freak·ish·ness, noun
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How to use freakish in a sentence
But if the Twilight series has taught us anything, it is this: Do not cower in the face of freakishness!
There are diseases of individuality—the "artistic temperament," egoism, freakishness, criminality—which require chastening.
Our Part in the Great War | Arthur GleasonHe distrusted a certain freakishness of his finger-tips that he thought might have injured him with his multitudinous master.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George WellsJessamy had not exaggerated Barbara's freakishness toward unoffending Tom.
The Wyndam Girls | Marion Ames TaggartWith the curious freakishness of a disordered mind, he was beset by a vision of the dark, ferret face of Victor Gagnon.
In the Brooding Wild | Ridgwell Cullum
The freakishness of destruction by bombardment is proverbial.
British Dictionary definitions for freakish
/ (ˈfriːkɪʃ) /
of, related to, or characteristic of a freak; abnormal or unusual
unpredictable or changeable: freakish weather
Derived forms of freakish
- freakishly, adverb
- freakishness, noun
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