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: markedly strange or abnormal
freakish appearance
freakishly
adverb
freakishness
noun
Examples of freakish in a Sentence
a freakish twist of fate
had a freakish roommate in college who once decided to drive all the way to Canada on the spur of the moment
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The 5-foot-10, 177-pound dynamo with unorthodox training methods and freakish athletic ability that, in its own way, rivals Shohei Ohtani’s.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
After Mother’s burial in a freakish sunshine that was followed by a violent purple hail, Brian and Conor filled in the grave with two long spades.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Story’s first three years in Boston were marked by injuries and other setbacks, with a major elbow surgery costing him nearly all of the 2023 season and a freakish shoulder injury the majority of 2024.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
After Mother’s burial in a freakish sunshine that was followed by a violent purple hail, Brian and Conor filled in the grave with two long spades.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Story’s first three years in Boston were marked by injuries and other setbacks, with a major elbow surgery costing him nearly all of the 2023 season and a freakish shoulder injury the majority of 2024.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for freakish
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“Freakish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freakish. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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