freaky

English

Etymology

From freak + -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹiːki/
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  • Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

freaky (comparative freakier, superlative freakiest)

  1. Resembling a freak.
  2. (slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual.
    I've heard the props and costumes in this play are quite freaky.
  3. (slang) Scary; frightening.
    Have you met the freaky new guy who moved in next door?
  4. (slang) Sexually deviant.
    • 1980 August 2, Denise Sudell, “Two Gay Men Arrested At Anti-Draft Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
      GCN was prevented from covering the hearing by a police officer outside the building, who said that he would not allow representatives of "freaky" press inside.
    The things she asked me to do were too freaky for me.

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Descendants

  • Spanish: friki

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