freaknoun
uk/friːk/us/friːk/freak noun (STRANGE)
[ C ] a thing, person, animal, or event that is extremely unusual or unlikely, and not like any other of its type:
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- anomaly
- Dalek
- deviant
- fairy
- fish
- Frankenstein
- monster
- mutant
- oddball
- oddity
- perv
- quirk
- screwball
- sicko
- spaceman
- twilight
- twilight zone idiom
- wacko
- weirdo
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freak noun (ENTHUSIASTIC PERSON)
someone who is extremely interested in a particular subject or activity
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Enthusiasts
- -aholic
- -oholic
- -phile
- aficionado
- anorak
- armchair
- audiophile
- buff
- enthusiast
- faddism
- fanatic
- fanboy
- fandom
- hobbyist
- jockey
- junkie
- lover
- maniac
- shopaholic
- sucker
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freakverb [ I or T ]
uk/friːk/us/friːk/informalto become or cause someone to become extremely emotional:
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Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- overflow
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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Phrasal verb(s)
freakadjective [ before noun ]
uk/friːk/us/friːk/very unusual or unexpected:
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- nowt
- peculiarly
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- strange
- suss
- whacky
- whimsical
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