freakier; freakiest
freakiness noun

Examples of freaky in a Sentence

That book was kind of freaky. a freaky kid wearing a weird hat
Recent Examples on the Web The re-branding of AI as Apple Intelligence takes a technology consumers have heard and read about for more than a year (and which has often sounded frightening, futuristic and kind of freaky), and serves it up as something that’s soothingly safe and secure. Richard Eisenberg, Fortune, 11 June 2024 Fueled by a rage festering over a decades-old injustice, Johnny dons a freaky old-time firefighter’s mask and cuts quite the memorable slasher figure — the subject of many scary campfire stories, one of which gets shared amongst unsuspecting victims in Chris Nash’s slasher debut. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024 Admittedly, that is much freakier than the gates of hell. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 May 2024 The show is a saga not about simmering teenage blood lust or the freaky, warped horrors of girldom, but rather about the natural contours of regrets, the bittersweetness of regarding one’s youthful passions. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for freaky 

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Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of freaky was in 1799

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“Freaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freaky. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

freaky

adjective
freakier; freakiest
1
: characterized by caprice
2
: very strange or abnormal
a freaky appearance
a freaky coincidence

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