FLAKEY
Dictionary entry overview: What does flakey mean? • FLAKEY (adjective)
The adjective FLAKEY has 3 senses:
1. made of or resembling flakes
2. made of or easily forming flakes
3. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Familiarity information: FLAKEY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLAKEY (adjective)
Meaning:
Made of or resembling flakes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
flakey; flaky
Context example:
flaky soap
Pertainym:
flake (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Meaning:
Made of or easily forming flakes
Synonyms:
flakey; flaky
Similar:
tender (easy to cut or chew)
Meaning:
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Synonyms:
bizarre; outre; outlandish; off-the-wall; gonzo; eccentric; freaky; freakish; flaky; flakey
Context examples:
restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit / famed for his eccentric spelling / a freakish combination of styles / his off-the-wall antics / the outlandish clothes of teenagers / outre and affected stage antics
Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
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