freak

Definition of freak in English English dictionary: A person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something
Bob's a real video-game freak. He owns every games console of the last ten years.; A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice; A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way; A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds); To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure; To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance
But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out. I missed him.; To streak
in fine diaper of silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure; Now scurrying close overhead, wild ink-hued random racers that fling sheeted .; To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use; A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context; To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug
Harvard have compiled a list of LSD's contributions—largely missing before then—to our popular language: turned on, straight, freak, freaked out, stoned, .; {s} strange, odd, unusual; {v} to variegate; {n} a whim, a sudden fancy; {f} frighten, distress, excite; become frightened, become excited; become emotionally unstable, lose emotional control; use drugs; drug; act abnormally under the influence of drugs; spot, streak with color; An abnormal, usually non repetitive occurrence in the production of stamps that results in a variation from the normal stamp, but falls short of producing an error Most paper folds, over inking and perforation shifts are freaks Those abnormalities occurring repetitively are called varieties and may result in major errors; {i} capricious notion or occurrence; deviation, abnormality; strange creation; crazy person (Slang); hippie; drug user; disapproval If you refer to someone as a freak, you mean that they are physically abnormal in some way. This use could cause offence. To speckle or streak with color: "the white Pink, and the Pansy freaked with jet" (John Milton). unexpected and very unusual; An oddball, especially in physiology; unique in a displeasing way; Idiot, moron, no-good sob, a$$hole, fool, imbecile; To variegate; to checker; to streak; A freak event or action is one that is a very unusual or extreme example of its type. Weir broke his leg in a freak accident playing golf; a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed; 1 Loosely, one who has embraced the drug culture and is no longer Straight; see Head; someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"; If you describe someone as a particular kind of freak, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about a thing or activity, and often seem to think about nothing else. Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year. computer freaks. see also control freak = fanatic; lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"; a hand or deal of unusual suit distribution(s); A person who has an obsession or extreme knowledge of a something; disapproval People are sometimes referred to as freaks when their behaviour or attitude is very different from that of the majority of people. Not so long ago, transsexuals were regarded as freaks
freak accident: An incident, especially one that is harmful, occurring under highly unusual and unlikely circumstances
Even though I know what happened with my brother was a freak accident, I wish I had made choices that would have led to a different outcome.
freak accidents: plural form of freak accident
freak flag: Unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views
A: If you ever watched The Family Stone, it says, Everyone has a freak flag, so fly your freak flag proudly. So that's kind of the way I am.
freak of nature: In the variety-show business, a person or an animal on exhibition as showing some strange deviation from nature, such as a bearded woman or an albino
freak of nature: A monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism
freak out: To react (or cause to react) with extreme anger or fear to something to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally; originally, to suffer an unexpected and severe bad reaction from the recreational use of a psychotropic - usually hallucinogenic - drug
Jimmy'll come in off the road, you won't be there, he'll freak out and call you a hundred thousand times.
freak show: An intentionally shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics, and which may include people who are gigantic, dwarfish, intersexed, physically deformed or who have other extraordinary diseases, conditions and talents
freak shows: plural form of freak show
freak of nature: aberration, abnormal creature, abnormality, mutant, monstrosity
freak out: If someone freaks out, or if something freaks them out, they suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused. I remember the first time I went onstage. I freaked out completely I think our music freaks people out sometimes It sort of frightens me. I guess I am kind of freaked out by it
freak out: lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"
freak out: lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out
freak out: a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out: become very excited, go wild, lose one's cool, undergo a sudden mood change (Slang)
freak show: show in which abnormally developed people and animals are exhibited
Jesus freak: An enthusiastic Christian
Jesus freak: One who is perceived to be overtly and excessively Christian
control freak: A person who is excessively controlling and domineering
control-freak: Attributive form of control freak
control-freak mentality.
fly the freak flag: To behave in a unconventional or unrestrained manner; to exhibit the uninhibited side of one's personality
What she realized, in short, is she could go with her funk and quirk, be who she was and fly the freak flag high.
freaking: Present participle of freak
freakish: resembling a freak
freakish: capricious or unpredictable
freakishness: The characteristic or quality of being freakish
get one's freak on: To go crazy; to freak out
get one's freak on: To party
get one's freak on: To dance
get one's freak on: To have sex
neat-freak: A person compulsively obsessed with cleanliness
speed freak: Alternative spelling of speedfreak
speed freak: A person who enjoys driving, riding motorcycles, etc. at high speeds
freakish: {a} whimsical, capricious, odd
freakishness: {n} whimsicalness, capriciousness
Freakish: freaking
Jesus freak: A member of a movement among young Christians adapting traditional evangelicalism to pop culture
control freak: disapproval If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in. One who has an obsessive need to exert control over people and situations. someone who is too concerned about controlling all the details in every situation they are involved in
control freak: someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people
film-freak: person who loves the movies
freaked: past of freak
freaked: {s} astonished, stunned; passionately devoted to something as if addicted; weird, strange, abnormal
freaking: Action of the verb freak
freaking: Fucking
freakish: strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
freakish: changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
freakish: characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe"
freakish: {s} weird, strange, abnormal; whimsical; "freaky" (Slang)
freakish: characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe
freakish: Something that is freakish is remarkable because it is not normal or natural. his freakish voice varying from bass to soprano. very unusual and strange, and sometimes frightening = weird
freakish: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
freakish: Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious
freakishly: In a freakish manner
freakishly: unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"
freakishly: like a freak, strangely, abnormally
freakishness: {i} strangeness, oddness, abnormality; capriciousness; freakiness (Slang)
freakishness: marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
freaks: third-person singular of freak
freaks: plural of , freak
like a freak: like a nonconformist, like one who does not fit into society
nature freak: one who is very fond of nature, person who radically supports a return to living in nature
speed freak: addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines)
verb freak 3: to become suddenly angry or afraid, especially so that you cannot control your behaviour = flip

freak

Turkish pronunciation

frik

Synonyms

whim, caprice, aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant

Antonyms

normality, ordinary, regular, commonality, regularity

Pronunciation

/ˈfrēk/ /ˈfriːk/

Etymology

[ frEk ] (noun.) 1563. 1560, "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or Middle English frek (“insolent, daring”), from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“hard, efficient, greedy, bold, audacious”). Compare Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).