FREAKY Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

freaky

adjective

Definition of freaky

as in freak

informal strange or unusual a horror movie about a freaky town full of ghosts

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Recent Examples of freaky Lady Caroline Blackwood drew on her own upper-class, Anglo-Irish upbringing for this autobiographical fiction about the multigenerational destruction of women by their own families, and the novel has the unshakeable, freaky urgency of truth. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026 And San Antonio led by 7-4 Victor Wembanyama, who at 22 is the freaky-tall potential next face of the league as LeBron James finally nears retirement. — Miami Herald, 8 June 2026 Interview with the Vampire is only on season 3, but showrunner Rolin Jones is already thinking about future, freakier seasons. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026 Ohm faces plenty of freaky sights and sounds, from dead bodies and claustrophobic dumbwaiters to a creepy kids show that will give you the willies. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freaky

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Adjective

Officials in Kansas say a man has died after he was shot by his dog in a freak hunting accident.

— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
Hamlin, 24, fell victim to a freak accident during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals last week when a collision with another player stopped his heart.

— Justin Klawans, The Week, 7 Jan. 2023

Definition of freak

Adjective

Investigators later ruled out trains and power lines as possible causes — and traced the fire’s point of origin to the same spot Child witnessed the man’s strange behavior.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
And Dad actually makes an uncredited vocal cameo on one of the album’s more blessedly strange tracks.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of strange

Adjective

Years earlier at her former lab in Ohio, chromosomes in mouse eggs and embryos began dividing in bizarre ways, creating the kinds of genetic errors that can lead to Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Her videos were outrageous and conspiratorial, and the more elaborate and bizarre her stories became, the more people online were drawn to her.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

Sarcasm is an interesting thing because it can be viewed by some people as funny and other people as hurtful.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
A little bit funny, a lot cheesy and completely, unabashedly earnest, her Liz is — like moms everywhere — at once a perfectly ordinary woman and the center of the universe.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of funny

Adjective

But news of her grandmother’s possible death fractures the journey, drawing Adela into childhood memories, family silences and fantastical visions.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Similarly, the femur and patella surgeries were also successful and the fantastic surgery team was able to save my left leg.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of fantastic

Adjective

Whether Belmira intended it or not, the enjoyable exercise left me curious to experience more, and perhaps, one day, make it there myself.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
The morbidly curious Sperm Whale and Giant Squid Diorama is a startling depiction of one of nature’s most mysterious predator-prey relationships.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026

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