freakish

[free-kish]

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adjective

queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
whimsical; capricious: freakish behavior.

Origin of freakish

First recorded in 1645–55; freak¹ + -ish¹

Related formsfreak·ish·ly, adverbfreak·ish·ness, nounun·freak·ish, adjectiveun·freak·ish·ly, adverbun·freak·ish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for freakish

Contemporary Examples

Then there are those who have strong vocals, but have yet to ascend to massive career success or freakish mainstream popularity.
Mariah Carey Is the Last of the Traditional Divas
Phoebe Robinson
May 29, 2014
Carnival by Rawi Hage A cab driver roams an unnamed city as its rambling poet of the freakish and weird.
This Week’s Hot Reads: June 10, 2013
Mythili Rao
June 10, 2013
Reading Aftermath is like having a flashback to the freakish experience of living through your own death.
If You Read This Book, You Will Not Get Married
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
August 11, 2012
The Daily Beast maps where the past month's freakish incidents have gone down.
Map: Signs of the Zombie Apocalypse?
Sam Schlinkert
May 31, 2012
But lately, some fashion mavens and movie stars have cast the diet as freakish even by their often neurotic standards.
The Crazy Baby Food Diet
Gina Piccalo
September 22, 2010

Historical Examples

That is why we feel that Freak Dinners would not even be freakish.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
His horse plunged, freakish from his long rest in the stable.
The Man Who Wins
Robert Herrick
But on the other side, de la Cloche was freakish and unsettled.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories
Andrew Lang
I got a picture of a nubile waif, too freakish to fit where she'd been raised.
Vigorish
Gordon Randall Garrett
I may have classed it as a freakish pedantry, the result of an unprecedented memory.
The Wonder
J. D. Beresford

British Dictionary definitions for freakish

freakish

adjective

of, related to, or characteristic of a freak; abnormal or unusual
unpredictable or changeablefreakish weather

Derived Formsfreakishly, adverbfreakishness, noun

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Word Origin and History for freakish

adj.

1650s, "capricious," from freak (n.) + -ish. Meaning "grotesque" is recorded from 1805. Related: Freakishly; freakishness.

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Examples from the Web for freakish

Contemporary Examples

Then there are those who have strong vocals, but have yet to ascend to massive career success or freakish mainstream popularity.

Carnival by Rawi Hage A cab driver roams an unnamed city as its rambling poet of the freakish and weird.

Reading Aftermath is like having a flashback to the freakish experience of living through your own death.

The Daily Beast maps where the past month's freakish incidents have gone down.

But lately, some fashion mavens and movie stars have cast the diet as freakish even by their often neurotic standards.

Historical Examples

That is why we feel that Freak Dinners would not even be freakish.

His horse plunged, freakish from his long rest in the stable.

But on the other side, de la Cloche was freakish and unsettled.

I got a picture of a nubile waif, too freakish to fit where she'd been raised.

I may have classed it as a freakish pedantry, the result of an unprecedented memory.

freakish

Word Origin and History for freakish

adj.

Origin of freakish