freakish
Americanadjective
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queer; odd; unusual; grotesque.
a freakish appearance.
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whimsical; capricious.
freakish behavior.
adjective
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of, related to, or characteristic of a freak; abnormal or unusual
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unpredictable or changeable
freakish weather
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They use private estimates, rather than public prices, to value their portfolios—resulting in sometimes freakish results, like 1,000% gains in a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Throughout his career, Neill pitted himself against creatures both real and imagined — or, even more often, somewhere in-between — to reveal humanity’s foibles in the face of the freakish and fantastic.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
There was a freakish nature to some of it.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
LLMs suffer from a freakish need to announce their intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
My own scientific curiosity eventually blossomed, but I knew enough to keep my freakish experiments to myself.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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