Informal, euphemistic. Used attributively to intensify or emphasize the strength of a following noun or adjective, often expressing annoyance, surprise, or emphasis.

Turn that freaking music down!

Synonyms

frightening

terrifying

alarming

shocking

intense

freakingnoun

freakings

Used as a noun referring to sexually suggestive dancing (grinding) or the act itself.

Definitions

Informal. Sexually suggestive dancing in which partners grind against each other; the act of engaging in such dancing.

The principal banned freaking at the school dance.

Synonyms

freakverb

freaking

Gerund

freaked

Past Simple

freaked

Past Participle

freaking

Gerund

/friːk/

Translations

психовать

She tends to freak out when things don't go her way.

Она склонна психовать, когда что-то идет не так, как ей хочется.

сходить с ума

He started to freak when he saw the spider.

Он начал сходить с ума, когда увидел паука.

Additional translations

волноваться

беситься

Definitions

To become or cause someone to become extremely emotional or excited, often in a negative way.

She started to freak when she realized she had lost her wallet.

To behave or cause someone to behave in a wild or irrational way.

He freaked out when he saw the surprise party his friends had organized.

Synonyms

freaknoun

Definitions

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.

The circus featured a sideshow with a two-headed freak.

A person who is obsessed with or unusually enthusiastic about a particular activity, interest, or subject.

He's a fitness freak who spends hours at the gym every day.

An unexpected and unusual event or occurrence.

The storm was a freak of nature, causing damage that no one anticipated.

(slang) A devotee or habitual user of a specified recreational drug.

Back in the seventies, he was an acid freak.

freakadjective

Definitions

Very unusual or unexpected; abnormal or exceptional (used almost exclusively before a noun).

A freak wave struck the ship, damaging its hull.