freaky

freak y |ˈfrēkē ˈfriki | ▶adjective ( freakier, freakiest ) informal very odd, strange, or eccentric. DERIVATIVES freak i ly |-kəlē |adverb, freak i ness noun

freaky

freaky |ˈfriːki | ▶adjective ( freakier, freakiest ) informal very odd, strange, or eccentric: a freaky coincidence. DERIVATIVES freakily adverb, freakiness noun

freaky

freaky adjective informal See odd (sense 1 ) & odd (sense 2 ). WORD NOTE freaky John Donne began some of his poems with a robust imperative. “The Canonization, ” for example, opens: “For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love. ” Donne wrote seduction poems in the tone of one used to giving orders and getting his way. Now that "getting freaky " has become a synonym for "getting naked, " an imitation of the great poet's manner wedded to the American collegiate vernacular might produce this opening line: “Hey, ugly, let's get freaky. ” — DL Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

freaky

freaky adjective informal the freaky characters in his films: strange, peculiar, odd, bizarre, queer, curious, funny, eccentric, outlandish, offbeat; unusual, abnormal, atypical, untypical, anomalous, out of the ordinary, out of the way, extraordinary, irregular, deviant, aberrant, freakish; surreal, eerie, unnatural, perverse; unexpected, surprising; French outré; Scottish unco; informal screwy, way out, wacky, oddball, fishy, creepy, spooky; Brit. informal rum; N. Amer. informal wacko, bizarro.