Freakish
['friːkɪʃ] or ['frikɪʃ]
Definition
(a.) Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.
Typist: Yvette
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Whimsical, capricious, odd, humorsome, erratic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sportful, frisky, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, erratic
ANT:Steady, sober, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, uniform,equable
Typist: Richard
Examples
- Ah, yes, that's another matter--a mere trifle, but the sort of thing you take an interest in--queer, you know, and what you might call freakish. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The word system is much abused in invention, and during the early days of electric lighting its use applied to a mere freakish lamp or dynamo was often ludicrous. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With all this, I had never yet been able to arrest in his visits the freakish, friendlycigar-loving phantom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Amy felt anxious, as well she might, for when Jo turned freakish there was no knowing where she would stop. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Richard