freak
noun
[ friːk ]
• a very unusual and unexpected event or situation.
• "the teacher says the accident was a total freak"
Similar:
unusual,
anomalous,
atypical,
untypical,
unrepresentative,
abnormal,
aberrant,
irregular,
fluky,
exceptional,
unparalleled,
unaccountable,
bizarre,
queer,
peculiar,
odd,
freakish,
unpredictable,
unforeseeable,
unexpected,
unanticipated,
surprise,
surprising,
rare,
singular,
isolated,
backasswards,
fluke,
anomaly,
aberration,
rogue,
rarity,
quirk,
oddity,
outlier,
edge case,
unusual occurrence,
peculiar turn of events,
twist of fate,
chance,
coincidence,
hazard,
accident,
mistake,
• a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality.
• "a few freaks have been discovered, one amazing cat tipping the scales at no less than 43 lbs"
• a person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest.
• "a fitness freak"
Similar:
enthusiast,
fan,
fanatic,
addict,
devotee,
lover,
master,
wizard,
expert,
aficionado,
buff,
fiend,
nut,
maniac,
ace,
maven,
geek,
jock,
fundi,
• a sudden arbitrary change of mind; a whim.
• "follow this way or that, as the freak takes you"
freak
verb
• behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.
• "he freaked out and smashed the place up"
Similar:
go crazy,
go mad,
go out of one's mind,
go to pieces,
crack,
snap,
lose control,
lose one's self-control,
lose control of the situation,
act wildly,
panic,
get worked up,
get hysterical,
lose it,
crack up,
lose one's cool,
go bananas,
blow one's top,
fly off the handle,
go crackers,
throw a wobbly,
blow one's stack,
Opposite:
calm down,
• fleck or streak randomly.
• "the white pink and the pansy freaked with jet"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in freak (sense 4 of the noun)): probably from a dialect word.
