Freak
noun
A person, animal, or plant that is significantly different from what is considered normal.
The lamb born with five legs is a freak of nature.
Often appears as...
- freak of nature
- freak accident
noun
A person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest.
My brother is such a fitness freak.
Often appears as...
- fitness freak
- health freak
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Colloquial
adjective
Very unusual or unexpected.
She had a freak accident when a tree fell on her car.
Often appears as...
- freak accident
- freak event
verb
To react or behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotions or substances.
He freaked out when he saw the spider.
Often appears as...
- freak out
- freak someone out
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Colloquial
noun
A person who is considered extremely strange or eccentric.
People called him a freak because of his unusual clothes.
Often appears as...
- look like a freak
- feel like a freak
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person who is very interested in and knowledgeable about a particular subject.
He's a computer freak.
Often appears as...
- computer freak
- car freak
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Informal
Colloquial
verb
To cause someone to feel extreme emotional distress.
Being lost in the forest really freaked me out.
Often appears as...
- freak out
- freak someone out
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person, animal, or plant that is significantly different from what is considered normal.
The lamb born with five legs is a freak of nature.
Often appears as...
- freak of nature
- freak accident
noun
A person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest.
My brother is such a fitness freak.
Often appears as...
- fitness freak
- health freak
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Very unusual or unexpected.
She had a freak accident when a tree fell on her car.
Often appears as...
- freak accident
- freak event
verb
To react or behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotions or substances.
He freaked out when he saw the spider.
Often appears as...
- freak out
- freak someone out
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person who is considered extremely strange or eccentric.
People called him a freak because of his unusual clothes.
Often appears as...
- look like a freak
- feel like a freak
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person who is very interested in and knowledgeable about a particular subject.
He's a computer freak.
Often appears as...
- computer freak
- car freak
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To cause someone to feel extreme emotional distress.
Being lost in the forest really freaked me out.
Often appears as...
- freak out
- freak someone out
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 7
Pro Tip 1/2Rarity Importance
Use 'freak' to highlight the unusual rarity of something in nature or statistics.
Discovering a two-headed snake is a freak occurrence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Neutral
While 'freak' points out abnormalities, it's often used without emotional judgment.
The scientist studied the freak specimen with curiosity.
Pro Tip 1/2Rarity Importance
Use 'freak' to highlight the unusual rarity of something in nature or statistics.
Discovering a two-headed snake is a freak occurrence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Neutral
While 'freak' points out abnormalities, it's often used without emotional judgment.
The scientist studied the freak specimen with curiosity.
Pro Tip 1/2Rarity Importance
Use 'freak' to highlight the unusual rarity of something in nature or statistics.
Discovering a two-headed snake is a freak occurrence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Neutral
While 'freak' points out abnormalities, it's often used without emotional judgment.
The scientist studied the freak specimen with curiosity.
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The science of stage...
That fear of being seen as an awful idiot is a threat reaction from a primitive part of your brain that's very hard to control. It's the fight or flight response, a self-protective process seen in a range of animals, most of which don't give speeches. But we have a wise partner in the study of freaking out.
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Elevating simple...
it's a lot harder to cook vegetables and make them freely delicious I mean who doesn't like the smell of frying bacon if you take like a really humble vegetable like a beet and make people freak out about it it's a lot more impressive but the more important reason
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Filming Wildlife...
we've been doing some great bonding uh it's awesome uh when i tell my friends that i'm helping my dad film bees they think that it's just honeybees and that they're gonna just sting me and they get really freaked out
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
Actually, I was totally freaking out -- -- and I was borderline hypothermic, and my friends eventually had to help me out of the water. And I don't know if it was delirium setting in or what, but they told me later
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Magnificent Whale...
i don't believe what's happening this is the most incredible wildlife drama i think i've ever seen they're trying to freak it out and drive it out from where it from it's where it's hiding
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How to make stress your...
killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide. You can see why this study freaked me out. Here I've been spending so much energy telling people stress is bad for your health.
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Why do we have museums?...
wax museum, theater, and freak show that was known for its eclectic residents, such as bears, elephants, acrobats, giants, Siamese twins, a Fiji mermaid, and a bearded lady,
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
it's an important meeting good boy if they get on horus will help jackie become more confident i am right here jackie so you don't need to freak okay
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Adorable Baby Animal...
it's an important meeting good boy if they get on horus will help jackie become more confident i am right here jackie so you don't need to freak
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Freak Show Performers PIPE...
Eric the giant weights tonight he debuts as a freak and for the first time in his life people will actually pay to stare at him
Video examples
The science of stage...
That fear of being seen as an awful idiot is a threat reaction from a primitive part of your brain that's very hard to control. It's the fight or flight response, a self-protective process seen in a range of animals, most of which don't give speeches. But we have a wise partner in the study of freaking out.
Video examples
Elevating simple...
it's a lot harder to cook vegetables and make them freely delicious I mean who doesn't like the smell of frying bacon if you take like a really humble vegetable like a beet and make people freak out about it it's a lot more impressive but the more important reason
Video examples
Filming Wildlife...
we've been doing some great bonding uh it's awesome uh when i tell my friends that i'm helping my dad film bees they think that it's just honeybees and that they're gonna just sting me and they get really freaked out
Video examples
Chris Burkard: The joy...
Actually, I was totally freaking out -- -- and I was borderline hypothermic, and my friends eventually had to help me out of the water. And I don't know if it was delirium setting in or what, but they told me later
Video examples
Magnificent Whale...
i don't believe what's happening this is the most incredible wildlife drama i think i've ever seen they're trying to freak it out and drive it out from where it from it's where it's hiding
Video examples
How to make stress your...
killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide. You can see why this study freaked me out. Here I've been spending so much energy telling people stress is bad for your health.
Video examples
Why do we have museums?...
wax museum, theater, and freak show that was known for its eclectic residents, such as bears, elephants, acrobats, giants, Siamese twins, a Fiji mermaid, and a bearded lady,
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
it's an important meeting good boy if they get on horus will help jackie become more confident i am right here jackie so you don't need to freak okay
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
it's an important meeting good boy if they get on horus will help jackie become more confident i am right here jackie so you don't need to freak
Video examples
Freak Show Performers PIPE...
Eric the giant weights tonight he debuts as a freak and for the first time in his life people will actually pay to stare at him
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Quote examples
J. Michael Straczynski
American Producer
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.
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Stephen Malkmus
American Musician
We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.
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Rick Harrison
American Businessman
My wife got all freaked out when we started doing the reality show because she said she saw all these reality shows, and everyone was getting divorced.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
I did 'Beetlejuice,' and it was a big movie, but it didn't help my high-school experience. In fact, it made it worse. I was a freak and a witch.
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Madelaine Petsch
American Actress
I'm afraid of open bodies of water. I was in a glass-bottomed boat that broke a long time ago, so I've always been kind of freaked out.
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iO Tillett Wright
American Artist
I was born and raised in Manhattan; I didn't realize that I, in all my androgyny, was a freak to the rest of this country.
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Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.
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Peter Weller
American Actor
I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life.
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Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.
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Sam Phillips
American Businessman
I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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J. Michael Straczynski
American Producer
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.
Quote examples
Stephen Malkmus
American Musician
We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.
Quote examples
Rick Harrison
American Businessman
My wife got all freaked out when we started doing the reality show because she said she saw all these reality shows, and everyone was getting divorced.
Quote examples
Winona Ryder
American Actress
I did 'Beetlejuice,' and it was a big movie, but it didn't help my high-school experience. In fact, it made it worse. I was a freak and a witch.
Quote examples
Madelaine Petsch
American Actress
I'm afraid of open bodies of water. I was in a glass-bottomed boat that broke a long time ago, so I've always been kind of freaked out.
Quote examples
iO Tillett Wright
American Artist
I was born and raised in Manhattan; I didn't realize that I, in all my androgyny, was a freak to the rest of this country.
Quote examples
Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.
Quote examples
Peter Weller
American Actor
I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.
Quote examples
Sam Phillips
American Businessman
I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
Example 1 of 10
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