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Definition of Freaky
1. Adjective. Strange and somewhat frightening. "The whole experience was really freaky"
2. Adjective. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. "Outre and affected stage antics"
Similar to: Unconventional
Derivative terms: Bizarreness, Eccentricity, Flakiness, Flakiness, Freakishness, Outlandishness
Definition of Freaky
1. Adjective. resembling a freak ¹
2. Adjective. (slang) odd; bizarre; unusual ¹
3. Adjective. (slang) scary; frightening ¹
4. Adjective. (slang) sexually deviant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Freaky
1. freakish [adj FREAKIER, FREAKIEST] - See also: freakish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freaky
Literary usage of Freaky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"... came from here and Yes, I think that a St. Patrick's Day party would be awfully
cunning and original, and yet not too queer or freaky or anything. ..."
2. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"NY c., se, w. 2. A student who gets high marks. NY City, Mich. se freaky: queer,
... "He does freaky things." NY c., w. front scat: "To get on ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1909)
"cause it is bad enough to be called " freaky," isn't it? es, ... ruthful people—freaky ?
íes.) h, yes, but that is different from being a freak like I am. ..."
4. Our Criminal Criminal Law by Samuel Crawford Denson (1914)
"Religious freedom invites every freaky mind into freaky theology, and unsettles
wholesome precepts so that scarcely any two minds embrace the same beliefs. ..."
5. Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"freaky, indeed. Two months later I opened the present she gave me for my birthday
and inside was the little leopard guy. He came with me to Iraq to keep me ..."
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