Grotesque event put on as an amusement

Usage examples of freakshow.

Most of my life, I’ve spent in freakshows, in carnivals and their equivalent, where almost everyone is an outcast of one kind or another.

Some of this feeling filled Nick and his crewmen, too, although it was not colored with the pity that might have troubled the freakshow patron.

Though hardly empty, the freakshow was less crowded than the main body of the fair.

That long, trailing shadow looked as if it belonged to some twisted and monstrous freakshow dog, and she hated it on sight.

When you're a small-town cop trying to ride herd on the whole freakshow in a four-year-old Plymouth cruiser that feels like it's going to fall apart every time you push it over seventy, your job gets prioritized in a hurry, and a guy who likes to play with dead people is a long way from the top of the list.