Standard Lemma guide

freaking

adj · adv · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːkɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Fucking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, euphemistic, not-comparable, slang

Qualifier: minced oath

Examples

  • You're getting on my freaking nerves!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: effing, flaming, flipping, fricking, frigging

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Freakish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Fucking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, euphemistic, not-comparable, slang

Examples

  • You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?
  • He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: damn, flipping, wicked, above a bit, absolutely, sorely, bone, abundantly, all too, but good, completely, eminently, ever so, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, freaking, fucking, greatly, highly, in spades, jolly, main, mightily, murrain, passing, positively, pretty, quite, really, right, simply, somewhat, sore, specially, strongly, swith, truly, vastly, very, very much, way, way too, wickedly

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A streak or variegation in a pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sexual style of dance similar to daggering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of freak

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.