|  freak 
  
 
 1. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed (Freq. 4)
 • Syn:
 monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
 • Derivationally related forms:
 monstrous (for: monstrosity), monstrous (for: monster)
 • Hypernyms:
 mutant, mutation, variation, sport
 • Hyponyms:
 leviathan
 2. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
 - a golf addict
 - a car nut
 - a bodybuilding freak
 - a news junkie
 • Syn:
 addict, nut, junkie, junky
 • Derivationally related forms:
 addict (for: addict)
 • Hypernyms:
 enthusiast, partisan, partizan
 • Hyponyms:
 gym rat
 
 lose one's nerve
 - When he saw the accident, he freaked out
 • Syn:
 freak out, gross out
 • Hypernyms:
 panic
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 
 
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