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adjective

Definition of freaknext
as in unusual
being out of the ordinary even weather forecasters seemed surprised by the freak hailstorm

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freak

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noun

ˈfrēk How to pronounce freak (audio)
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal that snowstorm in April was a freak, since our weather is usually much balmier by then

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as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something I'm a hockey freak

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as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action suddenly had the bizarre freak to take a road trip across the country

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as in addict
slang a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally he knew that he'd never get his life in order if he continued to hang out with the crystal meth freaks

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Recent Examples of freak
Adjective
An Army hockey player was cut in the neck in a freak accident during a game at Sacred Heart on Thursday night, leaving a bloody trail on the ice at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023 Her young niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), is on a ski trip with her parents when, in a freak accident, their car is run over by a snowplow. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2023
Noun
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Even if Watt didn't play like it at times last season, when the four-time All-Pro finished with 7 sacks — tied for the second-fewest of his career — and missed several games late following a freak dry needling injury. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for freak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freak
  1. unusual
  2. anomaly
  3. lover
  4. whim
  5. addict
  6. extraordinary
  7. mutation
  8. sucker
Adjective
  • The team now points to interactions between manganese and ytterbium as a possible source of the unusual Hall response.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The unusual diplomatic rebuke underscored the mistrust between the two countries.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of unusual
Noun
  • Reconcile your accounts and review reports Even if your books are current, anomalies and errors can creep in.
    — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • And then there is another measure, made official by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration this year, that takes into account the relative temperature anomaly against the background of the warmer ocean from climate change.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of anomaly
Noun
  • Art lovers should aim to be there in April when Joali hosts its annual Imagi-Nature Art Festival.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The undead hero initially turns agains the X-Men and serves Apocalypse, but Gambit’s lover Rogue is able to save him by harnessing the enormous power of a Celestial and offering to sacrifice herself.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lover
Noun
  • But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of whim
Noun
  • In comparison, LaBeouf has long been open about his tumultuous childhood and has said that his father was a recovering addict, and at times abusive.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Leigh, Beck was told, was a drug addict who had been cheating on him behind his back.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of addict
Adjective
  • This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Guadagnino speaks in calligraphy; adjectives almost certainly accompany a proper name — the extraordinary, the wonderful, the genius.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of extraordinary
Noun
  • These mutations aren’t necessarily inherited; instead they can be caused by certain exposures, or simply by chance.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Immunology, virology, growing a pathogen, and stabilizing a dangerous mutation all require different skills.
    — Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutation
Noun
  • These sucker shoots can quickly form a thicket of stems that are unsightly, inherently weak, and prone to storm damage if allowed to mature.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
  • One was a regional distributor of garbage trucks, street sweepers, and sewer suckers for municipalities.
    — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freak. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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