defreak

English

Etymology

de- +‎ freak

Verb

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

1. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
2. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down.
   • 2016, Anna Maxted, Running In Heels, page 304:

     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.

Translations

cause no longer to be freakish

cause no longer to be freaked out

Anagrams

• freaked