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   strange

   /streɪn(d)ʒ/

   adjective

   • 1. unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain: "children have some strange ideas" Similar unusualoddcuriouspeculiarfunnybizarreweirduncannyqueerunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalatypicalanomalousuntypicaldifferentout of the ordinaryout of the wayextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableinexplicableincongruousuncommonirregularsingulardeviantaberrantfreakfreakishsurrealsuspiciousdubiousquestionableeerieunnaturaloutréuncoinformal:fishycreepyspookyrumbizarroweirdeccentricoddpeculiarfunnybizarreunusualabnormalunconventionalidiosyncraticoutlandishoffbeatfreakishquirkyquaintzanyoff-centreinformal:wackyway outfreakykookykinkyoddballlike nothing on earthcrankyscrewyoff the wallwackobackasswardsinformal, dated:dillyOpposite ordinaryusualnormalconventional
   • ▪ slightly or undefinably unwell or ill at ease: "her head still felt strange" Similar illunwellpoorlyindisposednot (very) wellnot oneselfout of sortsnot up to parunder/below parpeakyliverishsickqueasynauseousoffoff colourinformal:under the weathernot up to snufffunnypeculiarcrummylousyroughropygrottywabbitcrookvulgar slang:crappydated:queerseedyill at easeuneasyedgyuncomfortableawkwardself-consciousembarrassedout of placelike a fish out of waterdisorientatedOpposite wellrelaxed
   • 2. not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien: "she was lost in a strange country" Similar unfamiliarunknownnewalienpreviously unencounteredOpposite familiar
   • ▪ unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with: archaic "I am strange to the work"
   • 3. denoting or involving a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Strange quarks have similar properties to down quarks and bottom quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.

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   1. a. : different from what is usual, ordinary, or expected : odd. a strange sound. a strange person. the cat's strange behavior. b. : not before known, heard, or seen : unfamiliar. customs that were strange to him. feeling lost in a strange city. 2. a. : not entirely comfortable or well : uncomfortable, ill at ease.

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   Strange implies that the thing or its cause is unknown or unexplained; it is unfamiliar and unusual: a strange expression. That which is peculiar mystifies, or exhibits qualities not shared by others: peculiar behavior.

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   strange implies that the thing or its cause is unknown or unexplained; it is unfamiliar and unusual: a strange expression. That which is peculiar mystifies, or exhibits qualities not shared by others: peculiar behavior.

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   Strange refers especially to what is unfamiliar, unknown, or inexplicable: It was strange to see so many people out walking around at night.

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    Anything that is unusual or out of the ordinary can be described as strange, like the strange sight of an ice cream truck pulling up in front of your school and your principal skipping over to it. The adjective strange comes from Latin word extraneus, meaning “foreign” or “external.”.

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