bizarre
adjective
markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd.
bizarreness
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a word derived from
bizarre.
Example Sentences
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But I also think the pure bizarreness is sort of the point.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
But there’s an endearing bizarreness to “Fingernails,” his first film in English, that allows him to grasp at some of the intricacies of the human condition, steeped in silences as much as heartfelt analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
The 2020 Summer Olympics—even the time-warped name underlines the bizarreness of the event—bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events that have had to devise creative solutions to staging competitions without spectators.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021
To rambunctiously sing aloud and proud, to answer nature’s frisky call, to amble about in meandering flights of fancy, to revel in the bizarreness of life.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2021
The cruelty of it—the bizarreness of being forced to look happy about handling creatures who could kill you as soon as look at you—was one thing she wouldn't miss about working here.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
