freakish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite changeable
    capricious.
    • a capricious summer breeze
    • freakish weather
  2. adjective satellite characteristic of a freak
    • a freakish extra toe
  3. adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    gonzo; eccentric; outre; flaky; outlandish; bizarre; freaky; off-the-wall; flakey.
    • 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

WordNet


Freak"ish adjective
Definitions
  1. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.
    It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange.
    Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.
    -- Freak"ish*ly, adv. -- Freak"ish*ness, n.

Webster 1913