freakin'

Extremely, but politely

Freakin' is a mild substitute for fucking, used as an intensifier to express frustration, emphasis, or strong feeling: I can't believe this freakin' traffic, That was freakin' amazing.

The euphemism lets speakers add force without crossing into vulgarity, making it suitable for situations where profanity would be inappropriate.

Also spelled freaking.

euphemism

frickin

Euphemistic intensifier

effing · bleeping · dang · darn · gosh · heck · shoot · crap · fudge · sugar

intensifier

frickin

Euphemistic intensifier

totally · seriously · ridiculously · insanely · incredibly · absolutely · completely · utterly · extremely · really

frustration

annoying

Causing mild irritation

infuriating · aggravating · unbelievable · ridiculous · outrageous · absurd · nonsense · hassle · headache · nightmare

excitement

awesome

Extremely impressive or overwhelming

wild · insane · crazy · sick · rad · epic · legendary · mind-blowing · unreal · phenomenal

Opposites
intensity/emphasis

freakin'slightly

To a minor extent

somewhat · mildly · barely · hardly · rather

register/explicitness

freakin'fucking

Obscene emphatic modifier

very · quite · rather · extremely · exceedingly

emotional valence

freakin'calmly

In a tranquil manner

merely · simply · serenely · just · plainly

Phrases
Family

freakish, freaking, freakishness, freakier, freakiest, freakishly, freakiness

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG