strange

[streynj] / streɪndʒ /

ADJECTIVE

deviating, unfamiliar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astonishing bizarre curious different extraordinary fantastic funny new odd offbeat outlandish peculiar rare remarkable unusual weird wonderful

STRONG

eldritch

WEAK

aberrant abnormal astounding atypical eccentric erratic exceptional far-out idiosyncratic ignorant inexperienced irregular marvelous mystifying newfangled oddball off out-of-the-way perplexing quaint singular unaccountable unaccustomed uncanny uncommon unheard of unseasoned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar like normal ordinary poor regular similar standard typical usual

WEAK

native

ADJECTIVE

exotic, foreign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien awkward new romantic unfamiliar

WEAK

apart detached external faraway irrelevant isolated lost novel out of place outside remote romanesque unexplored unknown unrelated untried

Antonyms

STRONGEST

usual

WEAK

common familiar native normal regular standard

Example Sentences

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The voracious reader said that the best books, those that brought him happiness, were not the ones that ease our way in this strange and difficult world.

From Los Angeles Times

The strangest thing about all this - Chermiti has scored just seven league goals this season.

From BBC

But even by those standards, these Games have been profoundly and comically strange.

From The Wall Street Journal

If this winter feels strange, it’s not in your head.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some Chinese youth may find it strange that parts of their culture - long seen as "uncool" in the Western imagination - are now the object of fascination.

From BBC

strange

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