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: markedly strange or abnormal
freakish appearance
freakishly
adverb
freakishness
noun
Examples of freakish in a Sentence
a freakish twist of fate
had a freakish roommate in college who once decided to drive all the way to Canada on the spur of the moment
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Players such as Cristiano Ronaldo (40), Luka Modric (39), Lionel Messi (38) and indeed Milner are freakish exceptions.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
General manager Chris Ballard spoke candidly about Richardson on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, where two years ago Richardson put his freakish athleticism on display en route to Indianapolis selecting him fourth in the 2023 NFL Draft.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
There may never be another big American exhibition about this freakish little era, when artists figured out how to make colorful ooze do their bidding.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
General manager Chris Ballard spoke candidly about Richardson on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, where two years ago Richardson put his freakish athleticism on display en route to Indianapolis selecting him fourth in the 2023 NFL Draft.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
There may never be another big American exhibition about this freakish little era, when artists figured out how to make colorful ooze do their bidding.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for freakish
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“Freakish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freakish. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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