defreak

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verb

To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.

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Meanings

verbdefreak (third-person singular simple present defreaks, present participle defreaking, simple past and past participle defreaked)

present singular third person defreaks · participle present defreaking · participle past defreaked · past defreaked

  1. colloquialraretransitiveTo cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
  2. colloquialraretransitiveTo cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down.

    I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later.

    2016, Anna Maxted, Running In Heels, page 304

Origin

From de- + freak.

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APA

defreak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defreak

MLA

“defreak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defreak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defreak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defreak.

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