adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a freak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
freakish
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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/ˈfɹiːkɪʃ/
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rhymes with -iːkɪʃ
adj
Meaning 2
Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It was a realy freakish accident that claimed many lives.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Capricious, unpredictable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- What freakish weather we are having lately in these parts.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
- famed for his eccentric spelling
- a freakish combination of styles
- his off-the-wall antics
- the outlandish clothes of teenagers
- outre and affected stage antics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characteristic of a freak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a freakish extra toe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
changeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a capricious summer breeze
- freakish weather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capricious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English freak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English freakish From freak + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: buitenissig — resembling a freak
- Finnish: kummallinen — resembling a freak
- German: freakig — resembling a freak
- Italian: bizzarro — resembling a freak
- Swedish: bisarr — resembling a freak
- Turkish: ucubik — resembling a freak
- Bulgarian: странен (stranen) — strange, unusual
- Bulgarian: необичаен (neobičaen) — strange, unusual
- Finnish: kummallinen — strange, unusual
- German: freakig — strange, unusual
- Hungarian: bizarr — strange, unusual
- Hungarian: furcsa — strange, unusual
- Hungarian: groteszk — strange, unusual
- Hungarian: különös — strange, unusual
- Swedish: underlig — strange, unusual