English > strange: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird. |
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| Examples | - "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"
- "a strange fantastical mind"
- "what a strange sense of humor she has"
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| Synonym | unusual |
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| Narrower | antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque | ludicrously odd |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| quaint | strange in an interesting or pleasing way |
| quaint | Very strange or unusual |
| weird | strikingly odd or unusual |
| Opposite | familiar | Within normal everyday experience |
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| Spanish | curioso, extraño, insólito, inusitado, inusual, raro |
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| Catalan | estrany |
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| Nouns | strangeness | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
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| Adverbs | strangely | in a strange manner |
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English > strange: 3 senses > adjective 3| Meaning | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. |
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| Synonym | foreign |
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| Attribute of | foreignness, strangeness, curiousness | The quality of being alien or not native |
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| unfamiliarity, strangeness | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
| Narrower | adventive | not native and not fully established |
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| alien, exotic | Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
| 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 |
| nonnative | Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing |
| tramontane | Being or coming from another country |
| unnaturalized, unnaturalised | not having acquired citizenship |
| See also | unfamiliar | not known or well known |
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| Opposite | native | Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
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| Spanish | extranjero, extraño, foráneo, forastero |
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| Catalan | estranger, estrangera, estrany, forà, foraster, forastera |
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