freaking

American  

[free-king, -in] / ˈfri kɪŋ, -ɪn /

Also freakin’,

adjective

Slang.

1. (used as an intensifier).

   You’re a freaking genius!

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freaking British  

/ ˈfriːkɪŋ /

adjective

1. slang (intensifier)

   his freaking mother; this is freaking weird

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Etymology

Origin of freaking

First recorded in 1925–30; freak ¹ + -ing ²; euphemistically echoing frigging and fucking

Example Sentences

And I don’t think anybody in this organization should be kind of freaking out and jumping out of their seats for the six or seven minutes that it happened.”

From Los Angeles Times

That is “the whole freaking point of America—that you can say something that hurts someone else’s feelings because words are not violence and violence is not words.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“She’s freaking out right now,” said a boy at a nearby table.

From Literature

“I just wanted to get out away from the freaking people telling me what to do,” he recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m telling you, these kids are freaking out — jumping up and down, singing along to all the words. They’re, like, pogo-ing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• go mad