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noun

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as in addict
slang a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally he knew that he'd never get his life in order if he continued to hang out with the crystal meth freaks

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Recent Examples of freak
Adjective
An Army hockey player was cut in the neck in a freak accident during a game at Sacred Heart on Thursday night, leaving a bloody trail on the ice at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023 Her young niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), is on a ski trip with her parents when, in a freak accident, their car is run over by a snowplow. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2023
Noun
Here is the essential guide to making your house clean enough to satisfy your most critical inner neat freak and launch you into summer with a house that actually shines. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2023 The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for freak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freak
Adjective
  • Summer storms cause travel headaches every year, but these numbers are not unusual.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 July 2025
  • Their target area was unusual, though: a strip of lawn between the road and a fence bordering Interstate 65, where homeless people have set up about two dozen tents over the first half of this year.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • Owl is powered by artificial intelligence to autonomously identify and classify threats or anomalies.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 25 July 2025
  • In science, one is an anomaly and two might be coincidence, but three is a trend.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Beach lovers should check out Britannia Beach and then continue to drive north towards Sea to Sky Gondola.
    Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • On the hunt for the key to a country music lover’s heart?
    Ramal Nasim July 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Yet, how can true agility be achieved when the very tools and platforms meant to empower us simultaneously bind us to the whims of a select few?
    Rajat Bhargava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The health and safety of our communities should not hang on the whim of a political ideologue.
    Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite tent encampment sweeps, addicts are back, as are the drug traffickers plying their trade.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
  • Protecting his sobriety is why tight end Darren Waller, a recovering drug addict and alcoholic — who has faced multiple suspensions throughout his eight-year NFL career — abruptly retired from the game last season.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Spa The hotel has a small spa with a steam room, sauna, ice bath, and a relaxation room with extraordinary views of the mountains.
    Becky Sunshine, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The items range from the everyday to the extraordinary.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Genetic testing helps identify underlying mutations or abnormalities in genes.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
  • The algae and the slug may have managed some kind of gene transfer, and over time, produced a new way of living, thanks not to slow, stepwise evolution—the random mutation within a body—but by the wholesale transfer of a piece of code.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Like these rich men, Luthor embraces his villainy by styling himself as a sleek anti-hero and lording his privilege over the rest of society’s suckers.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 July 2025
  • Check the main vine and secondary shoot regularly for new suckers and remove them promptly.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 July 2025

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“Freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freak. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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