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# freaky

«freaky» in Mova's school dictionary: **strange and a bit scary or weird: «a freaky noise»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (freaky, freakier, freakiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Freaky means strange and a bit scary or weird: «a freaky noise». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#m1)

2) (informal) Freaky can mean very unusual and surprising: «a freaky coincidence». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#m2)

3) (adult slang) a word grown-ups use; not for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Common in children's and teen talk, films and spooky stories: freaky houses, freaky masks, freaky dreams. «Freaky Friday» is a famous film about a mother and daughter swapping bodies. Phrases: «that's freaky», «a freaky coincidence».

### examples

- That old house is really freaky at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x1)
- It's freaky that we both have the same birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x2)
- The mask in the shop window looked freaky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x3)
- I had a freaky dream about talking cats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x4)
- There was a freaky noise in the attic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x5)
- The weather has been freaky this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/#x6)

### note

Informal; in formal writing use «strange», «eerie» or «unusual». Related: freak (noun; informal verb «freak out» = panic or get very upset).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «freaky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freaky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.