flaky

Meaning

  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. (informal) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
  3. (informal) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.

Synonyms

flakey
eccentric
C2
freaky
C1
wacky
C2
bizarre
C1
lamellar
foliated
outlandish
34k
freakish
35k
gonzo
20k
schistose
off-the-wall
strange
A2
outre
scaly
35k
odd
B1
light
A1
offbeat
outrageous
C1
peculiar
C1
plate
B1
scabby
41k
scurfy
short
A2
slaty
stratified
tabular
undependable
unreliable
C2
unusual
B1
vague
C1
weird
A2
whacky
woolly
24k
lamellate
schistic
slabby
lanose
crazy
A1
crisp
C2
crispy
C2
crunchy
C2
curious
B1
downy
48k
flake
C2
flakiness
fleecy
flocculated
fluffy
C2
forlorn
28k
Translations

escamoso
extraño
singulier
unzuverlässig
flockig

escamós

extravagant
estrambòtic
flockige
rar
ungewiss
blättrig
zweideutig
inkompetent
estrafolari
Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfleɪkiː/
Etymology

From flake + -y.

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