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- pronunciation:
- frik
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- freak out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something exhibiting aberration or abnormality, esp. a human or animal with some extraordinary physical defect or malformation.
A calf born with two heads is a freak.He believed that the scars from his accident had made him a freak.- synonyms:
- aberration, abnormality, monster, oddity
- similar words:
- anomaly, deformity
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| definition 2: |
something highly unusual and seemingly without cause, such as a snowstorm in summer or a sudden, radical change of mind.
The summer blizzard was a freak.- synonyms:
- curiosity, quirk, vagary
- similar words:
- aberration, anomaly, deviation, fluke, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity
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| related words: |
abnormality, caprice, curiosity, exception, grotesque, odd |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
extraordinary or without apparent cause.
The freak storm left them stranded in their car.It was a freak accident that no one could ever have imagined happening.- synonyms:
- extraordinary, uncommon, unnatural, unusual
- antonyms:
- common, normal, ordinary
- similar words:
- erratic, peculiar, queer, unpredictable
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| related words: |
anomalous |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
freaks, freaking, freaked |
| definition: |
(informal) to become frightened or nervous, as from a sudden surprise.
He freaked when the spider crawled onto his hand.- synonyms:
- shy, startle
- similar words:
- jump, overreact
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| phrase: |
freak out |
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