freaky

English

Etymology

From freak +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːki/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

freaky (comparative freakier, superlative freakiest)

1. Resembling a freak.

   Synonyms: freakish, freaksome

2. (slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strange

   I've heard the props and costumes in this play are quite freaky.

3. (slang) Scary; frightening.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

   Have you met the freaky new guy who moved in next door?

4. (slang) Sexually deviant.

   Synonyms: kinky, perverted

   The things she asked me to do were too freaky for me.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• freakily
• freakiness
• freaky-deaky
• get freaky
• unfreaky

Related terms

• freakish

Descendants

• → Spanish: friki

Translations

unusual

• Arabic: غَرِيب (ar) m (ḡarīb)
• Dutch: bizar (nl)
• Macedonian: чудачки (čudački), настрано (nastrano)
• Russian: причу́дливый (ru) (pričúdlivyj), чудно́й (ru) (čudnój)

See also

• get one's freak on

Anagrams

• fakery