freaky

adjective

ˈfrē-kē 

freakier; freakiest

: freakish

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

Let’s cool things down with a chilling (and chilly) new horror offering from the good folks at Netflix, this one all about a freaky child-killer and the two men hellbent on bringing him down. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 July 2026

Fresh off the heels of a freaky shoe spring, summer is here with sculptural toe sandals, sky-high wedges, and, the It girl shoe of the summer, heeled flip-flops. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 25 June 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for freaky

• cheeky
• creaky
• kiki
• leaky
• sneaky
• squeaky
• streaky

Kids Definition

freaky

adjective

ˈfrē-kē 

freakier; freakiest

1

: characterized by caprice

2

: very strange or abnormal

a freaky appearance

a freaky coincidence