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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional and offbeat |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool, cool*, deep, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy, groovy*, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out in left field, out of this world, rad, rad, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, ultamodern, unconventional, unorthodox, very unconventional, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disjointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loose, disconnected |
| Synonyms: | aimless, confused, cool, discontinuous, disordered, displaced, disunited, divided, far-out, fitful, fuzzy, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, irrational, jumbled, muddled, out-of-it, out-to-lunch, rambling, separated, spaced-out, spacey, spasmodic, split, unattached, unconnected, unorganized |
| Antonyms: | coherent, connected, contiguous, jointed, ordered, united |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freakish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, crazy, erratic, fantastic, far-out, freaky, grotesque, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, outré, preternatural, queer, strange, unconventional, vagarious, wayward, weird, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | common, general, natural, normal, ordinary, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | groovy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cool, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | boss*, chic, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, far-out, great, hip, neat*, nifty*, rad, sensational, splendid, super, swell*, trendy, unorthodox, way-out, wild, with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | isolated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique; private |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado, lonely, lonesome, off beaten track, out-of-the-way, outlying, random, remote, retired, screened, secluded, segregated, sequestered, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unfrequented, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | included, incorporated, mingling, public |
| Main Entry: | kinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, perverted |
| Synonyms: | degenerated, depraved, deviant, eccentric, far-out, licentious, odd, outlandish, outre, peculiar, queer, quirky, sick, strange, unconventional, unnatural, unusual, warped, weird |
| Notes: | quirky means strikingly unconventional or given to idiosyncrasies; kinky means showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes - or in small tight curls |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, ethical, normal, unperverted, usual |
| Main Entry: | moving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting, exciting |
| Synonyms: | affective, arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, facund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, hairy*, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, inspiring, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, sententious, significant, something*, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, stunning, touching, turned on by |
| Antonyms: | unaffecting, unemotional, unexciting, unmoving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not easily understood |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague |
| Antonyms: | apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood |
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