Freaky — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

strange and somewhat frightening

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈiːki/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈiːki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈiːki/

2 syllables Say it as /fɹˈiːki/.

Examples

the whole experience was really freaky
restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
famed for his eccentric spelling

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flaky outlandish gonzo flakey outre off-the-wall bizarre freakish eccentric

Parts of Speech

adjective	strange and somewhat frightening “the whole experience was really freaky”
adjective	conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”

Word Forms

bizarreness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary
eccentricity	noun	strange and unconventional behavior
freakishness	noun	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
flakiness	noun	informal terms for insanity
outlandishness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ausgeflippt

seltsam und etwas beängstigend

🇫🇷French

bizarre

étrange et quelque peu effrayant

🇪🇸Spanish

extraño

extraño y algo aterrador

🇮🇹Italian

capriccioso

strano e alquanto spaventoso

🇳🇱Dutch

gek

vreemd en enigszins beangstigend

🇵🇹Portuguese

estranho

estranho e um tanto assustador

🇷🇺Russian

причудливый

странно и немного пугающе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अजीब

अजीब और कुछ हद तक भयावह

🇧🇩Bengali

অদ্ভুত

অদ্ভুত এবং কিছুটা ভীতিকর

🇮🇳Tamil

வினோதமான

விசித்திரமான மற்றும் சற்றே பயமுறுத்தும்

🇮🇳Telugu

విచిత్రమైన

వింత మరియు కొంతవరకు భయపెట్టే

🇮🇳Marathi

विचित्र

विचित्र आणि काहीसे भयावह

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિચિત્ર

વિચિત્ર અને કંઈક અંશે ભયાનક

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ

ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಭಯಾನಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രമായ

വിചിത്രവും അൽപ്പം ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതുമാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਜੀਬ

ਅਜੀਬ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਡਰਾਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

عجیب

عجیب اور کچھ خوفناک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

怪异的

奇怪而且有点可怕

🇯🇵Japanese

気紛れな

奇妙で少し怖い

🇰🇷Korean

이상한

이상하고 좀 무섭다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quái đản

kỳ lạ và có phần đáng sợ

🇹🇭Thai

นอกลู่นอกทาง

แปลกและค่อนข้างน่ากลัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

aneh

aneh dan agak menakutkan

🇵🇭Filipino

kakatuwa

kakaiba at medyo nakakatakot

🇲🇾Malay

pelik

pelik dan agak menakutkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فظيع

غريب ومخيف إلى حد ما

🇮🇷Persian

دمدمی مزاج

عجیب و تا حدودی ترسناک

🇹🇷Turkish

garip

garip ve biraz korkutucu

🇮🇱Hebrew

פריקי

מוזר וקצת מפחיד

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