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freakish [ˈfriːkɪʃ] adj
1. of, related to, or characteristic of a freak; abnormal or unusual 2. unpredictable or changeable freakish weather freakishly adv freakishness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
freakish adjective 1. odd, strange, fantastic, weird, abnormal, monstrous, grotesque, unnatural, unconventional, outlandish, freaky (slang), aberrant, outré, malformed, preternatural, teratoid (Biology) a freakish monstrous thing, something out of a dream 2. whimsical, odd, unpredictable, arbitrary, humorous, erratic, wayward, fanciful, capricious, changeable, fitful, vagarious (rare) a freakish, extraordinary incident Translations freakish [ˈfriːkɪʃ] ADJ 1. [appearance] → extravagante; [result] → inesperado 2. (= changeable) [moods, weather] → variable, caprichoso freakish adj ? freak ADJ (= changeable) weather → verrückt (inf), → launisch, unberechenbar; person → ausgeflippt (inf); hairstyle, idea → verrückt (inf), → irre (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was very unorthodox, which frightened them; and his freakish humour excited their disapproval. Almost all electricians--the men who were supposed to know--pronounced the telephone an impossible thing; and those who did not openly declare it to be a hoax, believed that Bell had stumbled upon some freakish use of electricity, which could never be of any practical value. Once this freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eyes while Hester was looking at her own image in them, as mothers are food of doing; and suddenly for women in solitude, and with troubled hearts, are pestered with unaccountable delusions she fancied that she beheld, not her own miniature portrait, but another face in the small black mirror of Pearl's eye. |
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