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Freaky   /frˈiki/   Listen
Freaky

adjective
1.
Strange and somewhat frightening.
2.
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.  Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre.  "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"






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"Freaky" Quotes from Famous Books



... have taught people to recognize and analyze and imitate it; the counterfeits are most current in that society,—but as to the reality I don't know—it is nature's work and she is a little freaky about it." ...
— Queechy • Susan Warner

... I am, with this freaky little stray under my wing, when Vee comes sailin' out, all trim and classy in her silver fox furs, with a cute little hat to match, and takes in the picture. Maybe you can guess too, how the average young queen in her set would have curled ...
— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford

... said, "Mr. Ellsworth, Skinny went off because he was all scared and excited, and he wanted to be all alone by himself. Often I've felt that same way. I felt that way after I passed my second class tests. I don't deny he's kind of freaky. I think he just went off in the woods. You know yourself it's in the Handbook that trees are good companions. He just wanted to be alone. I bet he wasn't a hundred yards from camp. Skinny's kind of queer, you ...
— Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... rare, before your acquaintance has had time to ripen into friendship, away go the freaky little creatures to nest in the tree-tops of ...
— Bird Neighbors • Neltje Blanchan

... are the preferred visitors of the turtle-head, why do we find the Baltimore butterfly, that very beautiful, but freaky, creature (Melitaea phaeton) hovering near? - that is, when we find it at all; for where it is present, it swarms, and keeps away from other localities altogether. On the under side of the leaves we shall often see patches ...
— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan



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