"freaky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹiːki/ Audio: En-au-freaky.ogg Forms: freakier [comparative], freakiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːki Etymology: From freak + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|freak|y}} freak + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} freaky (comparative freakier, superlative freakiest)
  1. Resembling a freak. Synonyms: freakish, freaksome
    Sense id: en-freaky-en-adj-CJmj-hMZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 16 17 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 41 13 35 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 6 24 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 21 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 8 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 43 16 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 54 6 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 38 10 22 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 5 18 11
  2. (slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual. Tags: slang Synonyms: strange Translations (unusual): غَرِيْبٌ (ḡariybun) [masculine] (Arabic), غَرِيْبةٌ (ḡariybatun) [feminine] (Arabic), bizar (Dutch), чудачки (čudački) (Macedonian), настрано (nastrano) (Macedonian), причу́дливый (pričúdlivyj) (Russian), чудно́й (čudnój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-freaky-en-adj-2vcMH8LX Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 41 13 35 12 Disambiguation of 'unusual': 3 88 2 7
  3. (slang) Scary; frightening. Tags: slang Synonyms: frightening
    Sense id: en-freaky-en-adj-3HEfRlYz Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 41 13 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 38 10 22 31
  4. (slang) Sexually deviant. Tags: slang Synonyms: kinky, perverted
    Sense id: en-freaky-en-adj-fQJB~wVC Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 41 13 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 38 10 22 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: freaky-deaky, get freaky Related terms: freakish, get one's freak on

Inflected forms

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        "(slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual."
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          "word": "غَرِيْبٌ"
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          "ref": "1980 August 2, Denise Sudell, “Two Gay Men Arrested At Anti-Draft Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 1:",
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      "word": "чудно́й"
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}

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