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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Origin of freakish
Example Sentences
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We just survived March 2026, one of the most chaotic and freakish months in my lifetime, and probably yours too.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
LLMs suffer from a freakish need to announce their intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Now a known quantity, Saints reduced their kicking to Caluori to deal with the breakout star's freakish aerial ability, while the teenager struggled to get the ball in hand to show his running power.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
But he knew the first day with Stewart that he was working with something special — and not because of his freakish measurables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
If there was no rain at all, there were freakish, inexplicable phenomena like the epidemic of diarrhea or the bomb line that moved.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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