FREAK

addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky

(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; “a golf addict”; “a car nut”; “a bodybuilding freak”; “a news junkie”

freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae

(noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

freak (plural freaks)

A sudden change of mind

Synonyms: whim, vagary, caprice

Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.

A hippie.

A drug addict.

(of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e, "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.

(bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).

An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.

(informal, sometimes, affectionate) A very sexually perverse individual.

(dated) A streak of colour; variegation.

Synonyms

• (sudden change): caprice, fancy; see also whim

• (markedly unusual): anomaly, outlier; see also anomaly

• (hippie): longhair, treehugger

• (drug addict): druggie, user; see also addict

• (nonconformist): odd duck, weirdo; see also strange person or maverick

• (especially muscular bodybuilder)

• (enthusiast): fanatic, geek; see also fan

• (sexually perverse individual): horn dog, hypersexual, pervert; see also libidinist

• (streak of colour): superciliary (birds), vein

Verb

freak (third-person singular simple present freaks, present participle freaking, simple past and past participle freaked)

(transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance

(transitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug

(transitive) To streak; to variegate

(intransitive) To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.

(intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure

Adjective

freak (not comparable)

strange, weird, unexpected

Synonyms

• See strange or lucky

Etymology 2

Noun

freak (plural freaks)

A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.

Anagrams

• faker

Source: Wiktionary

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Freak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Freaking.] Etym: [Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne, Dan. fregne, Gr. prsçni variegated. Cf. Freckle, Freck.]

Definition: To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.] Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson.

Freak, n. Etym: [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedly, Goth. faíhufriks avaricious.]

Definition: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.

Syn.

– Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See Whim.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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