freaky

[free-kee]

adjective

freakier, freakiest 

1. freakish.

2. Slang.

   1. frightening.

   2. weird; strange.

   3. of or relating to freak.

freaky

/ ˈfriːkɪ /

adjective

1. slang,  strange; unconventional; bizarre

2. another word for freakish

Other Word Forms

• freakily adverb
• freakiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of freaky¹

First recorded in 1815–25; freak ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

We were really like nerdy, freaky into football, and I was always playing the computer games, the management games instead of Fifa, where you play.

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If the first act of subprime lending had been freaky, this second act was terrifying.

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The origin of their freaky symbiosis is never quite clear, exactly as Garrett wants it to be.

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Because my audience is all freaks, but I need nonfreaks to see it so they can feel freaky for an hour.

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Tragedy and comedy make freaky bedfellows in “Oedipus the King, Mama!”

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Related Words

• bizarre 
• grotesque 
• odd 
• outlandish 
• strange 
• weird