strange (streɪndʒ
)
Definitions
adjective
- odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc; peculiar
- not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar ⇒
a strange land
- not easily explained ⇒
a strange phenomenon
- (usually foll by to) inexperienced (in) or unaccustomed (to) ⇒
strange to a task
- not of one's own kind, locality, etc; alien; foreign
- shy; distant; reserved
- See strange to say
- physics
- denoting a particular flavour of quark
- denoting or relating to a hypothetical form of matter composed of such quarks ⇒
strange matter
a strange star
adverb
- not standard in a strange manner
Alternative Forms
ˈstrangely adverbWord Origin
C13: from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus foreign; see extraneousSynonyms
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rare,
funny,
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exceptional,
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rum,
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singular,
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out there,
daggy,
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out of place,
lost,
uncomfortable,
awkward,
bewildered,
disoriented,
ill at ease,
like a fish out of water,
=
unfamiliar,
new,
unknown,
foreign,
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alien,
exotic,
untried,
unexplored,
outside your experience
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unwell,
ill,
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ailing,
queer,
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out of sorts,
dicky,
off-colour,
under the weather,
indisposed,
green about the gills,
not up to snuff
Translations
- British English:
strange
Strange means unusual or unexpected.I had a strange dream.streɪndʒ ADJECTIVE I had a strange dream.
- Spanish:
extraño
adj extraña
- French:
étrange
adj
- German:
seltsam
adj
- Chinese: 奇怪的 adj
- Arabic: غَرِيب adj
- Portuguese: estranho adj estranha
- Russian: незнакомый adj незнакомая
- Croatian: čudan adj čudna
- Czech: podivný adj
- Danish: mærkelig adj
- Dutch: vreemd adj
- Finnish: kummallinen adj
- Greek: αλλόκοτος adj αλλόκοτη
- Italian: strano adj strana
- Japanese: 奇妙な no_posp
- Korean: 이상한 adj
- Norwegian: fremmed adj
- Polish: dziwny adj dziwna
- Brazilian Portuguese: estranho adj estranha
- European Spanish:
extraño
adj extraña
- Swedish: konstig adj konstigt
- Thai: แปลก adj
- Turkish: garip adj
- Vietnamese: kỳ lạ adj
Usage examples
Anger seemed strange in a woman who looked like somebody's grandmother.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)"Oh, you think it strange that I should want to hurt my husband?
Country Life (2005)There was also the strange case of David Carter, a former Irish Open champion, who gave a new meaning entirely to pillow talk.
Irish Times (2002)I suppose I learned to live with Catholics in some strange way.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Unlike the doctor, they were well tooled up, carrying bags full of potions and strange implements.
, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)