adjective
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slang strange; unconventional; bizarre
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another word for freakish
Other Word Forms
- freakily adverb
- freakiness noun
Etymology
Origin of freaky
Example Sentences
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Yet this novel is more interesting when it explores the freakier aspects of the alien’s presence: Every evening at around the same time, local oldsters with dementia become briefly lucid.
“I promise it’s worth checking out. It’s super freaky when you see it change right in your hands,” the girl said as she slipped on her lab coat.
From Literature
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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.
From BBC
If the first act of subprime lending had been freaky, this second act was terrifying.
From Literature
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The origin of their freaky symbiosis is never quite clear, exactly as Garrett wants it to be.
From Salon
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