freak show

noun

a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.

any ludicrous, bizarre, or dehumanizing occasion, function, performance, etc.; grotesque, circuslike event: endless interviews and auditions that became a ridiculous freak show.

Nearby words

frcs, frcvs, freak, freak of nature, freak out, freak show, freak-out, freaking, freakish, freakishly, freaky

Origin of freak show

First recorded in 1885–90