FREAK
Dictionary entry overview: What does freak mean?
• FREAK (noun)
The noun FREAK has 2 senses:
1. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
2. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
Familiarity information: FREAK used as a noun is rare.
• FREAK (verb)
The verb FREAK has 1 sense:
1. lose one's nerve
Familiarity information: FREAK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FREAK (noun)
Meaning:
A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
monstrosity; lusus naturae; freak; monster
Hypernyms ("freak" is a kind of...):
mutant; mutation; sport; variation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freak"):
leviathan (the largest or most massive thing of its kind)
Meaning:
Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
addict; freak; junkie; junky; nut
Context examples:
a golf addict / a car nut / a bodybuilding freak / a news junkie
Hypernyms ("freak" is a kind of...):
enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freak"):
gym rat (someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa)
• FREAK (verb)
Meaning:
Lose one's nerve
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
freak; freak out; gross out
Context example:
When he saw the accident, he freaked out
Hypernyms (to "freak" is one way to...):
panic (be overcome by a sudden fear)
Sentence frame:
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