freakish

[ free-kish ]

/ ˈfri kɪʃ /

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adjective

queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.

whimsical; capricious: freakish behavior.

Nearby words

freak of nature, freak out, freak show, freak-out, freaking, freakish, freaky, freckle, freckle-faced, freckly, fred

Origin of freakish

First recorded in 1645–55; freak¹ + -ish¹

Related forms

freak·ish·ly, adverbfreak·ish·ness, nounun·freak·ish, adjectiveun·freak·ish·ly, adverb

un·freak·ish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for freakish

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

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|DAILY BEAST
By some mischance, one of the willows bordering the pool grew at a freakish angle.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
But when freakish tropes take the place of poetry then we ought to rebel.
The Literature of Ecstasy|Albert Mordell
"Oh, I don't know about its being so freakish," said Average Jones.
Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams
Nature seems to have made the goby in one of her most freakish moods.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea|George Rawlinson
Under the influence of some freakish impulse, Pomp suddenly jumped to his feet and, whirling his arms aloft, uttered a wild whoop.
Frank's Campaign|Horatio Alger, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for freakish

freakish

/ (ˈfriːkɪʃ) /

adjective

of, related to, or characteristic of a freak; abnormal or unusual

unpredictable or changeablefreakish weather

Derived Forms

freakishly, adverbfreakishness, noun

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freakish

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freakish

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