freak show

noun

: an exhibition (such as a sideshow) featuring freaks of nature

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Occurring more than halfway through the performance, the scene is used to introduce the tragic backstory of the Phantom character at a freak show — a new narrative deviating from the original source material. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 From murder houses and witch covens to freak shows and haunted hotels, AHS has horror fans covered. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025 In his new collection Night Watch; poems, poet Kevin Young attends to as seemingly disparate topics: the moon, Dante’s Divine Comedy, birds, conjoined twin singers made into a freak show act, graves, flowers. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Only the freak show that is Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend, the third-place finisher in the Miss Maine pageant Jordon Hudson, could turn more heads than UNC alum Michael Jordan, who also appeared at his alma mater on Monday. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freak show

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of freak show was in 1887

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“Freak show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freak%20show. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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