strange
Adjective
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Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected;
Slightly odd or even a bit weird (synset 300970318)"a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"similar to:- antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque - ludicrously odd
- crazy - bizarre or fantastic
- curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular - beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- eerie, eery - inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
- exotic - strikingly strange or unusual
- freaky - strange and somewhat frightening
- gothic - characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
- oddish - somewhat strange
- other - very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected
- quaint - strange in an interesting or pleasing way
- quaint - very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
- weird - strikingly odd or unusual
same as: unusual -
Not known before (synset 300969942)
"used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"similar to: unfamiliar - not known or well knownsame as: unknown
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Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world (synset 301038139)
"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"tells us about:
- strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
- curiousness, foreignness, strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native
similar to:- adventive - not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
- alien, exotic - being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- nonnative - of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
- established, naturalized - introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- foreign-born, nonnative - of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
- imported - used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
- tramontane - being or coming from another country
- unnaturalised, unnaturalized - not having acquired citizenship
same as: foreign
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