freakish
1Freakish — Freak ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [1913 Webster] It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] Freakish when well, and fretful when she s sick.… …
2freakish — index irregular (not usual), prodigious (amazing), unaccustomed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3freakish — 1650s, capricious, from FREAK (Cf. freak) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Freakishly; freakishness. Meaning grotesque is recorded from 1805 …
4freakish — [adj] abnormal, unusual aberrant, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, crazy, erratic, fantastic, far out, freaky, grotesque, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, outré, preternatural, queer, strange, unconventional, vagarious, wayward, weird,… …
5freakish — [frēk′ish] adj. 1. full of or characterized by freaks; whimsical; capricious 2. having the nature of a freak; odd; queer freakishly adv. freakishness n …
6freakish — freakishly, adv. freakishness, n. /free kish/, adj. 1. queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance. 2. whimsical; capricious: freakish behavior. [1645 55; FREAK1 + ISH1] * * * …
7freakish — [[t]fri͟ːkɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is freakish is remarkable because it is not normal or natural. ...his freakish voice varying from bass to soprano …
8freakish — UK [ˈfriːkɪʃ] / US [ˈfrɪkɪʃ] adjective not normal or natural a freakish sense of humour freakish weather …
9freakish — freak•ish [[t]ˈfri kɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) unusual; odd; grotesque: a freakish appearance[/ex] 2) whimsical; capricious: freakish changes[/ex] • Etymology: 1645–55 freak′ish•ly, adv. freak′ish•ness, n …
10freakish — adjective Date: 1653 1. whimsical, capricious 2. markedly strange or abnormal < freakish appearance > • freakishly adverb • freakishness noun …
