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strange

[ streynj ]

adjective

, strang·er, strang·est.
  1. unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer:

    a strange remark to make.

    Synonyms: anomalous, abnormal, singular, bizarre

  2. estranged, alienated, etc., as a result of being out of one's natural environment:

    I felt strange as I walked through the crowded marketplace.

  3. situated, belonging, or coming from outside of one's own locality; foreign:

    to move to a strange place; strange religions.

  4. outside of one's previous experience; hitherto unknown; unfamiliar:

    strange faces; strange customs.

    Antonyms: familiar

  5. unaccustomed to or inexperienced in; unacquainted (usually followed by to ):

    I'm strange to this part of the job.

    Antonyms: familiar

  6. distant or reserved; shy.

    Synonyms: aloof

    Antonyms: familiar



adverb

  1. in a strange manner.

strange

/ streɪndʒ /

adjective

  1. odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc; peculiar
  2. not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar

    a strange land

  3. not easily explained

    a strange phenomenon

  4. usually foll by to inexperienced (in) or unaccustomed (to)

    strange to a task

  5. not of one's own kind, locality, etc; alien; foreign
  6. shy; distant; reserved
  7. strange to say
    it is unusual or surprising that
  8. physics
    1. denoting a particular flavour of quark
    2. denoting or relating to a hypothetical form of matter composed of such quarks

      a strange star

      strange matter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. not_standard.
    in a strange manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstrangely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • strangely adverb
  • un·strange adjective
  • un·strangely adverb
  • un·strangeness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strange1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus; extraneous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strange1

C13: from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus foreign; see extraneous
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Synonym Study

Strange, peculiar, odd, queer refer to that which is out of the ordinary. 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. That which is odd is irregular or unconventional, and sometimes approaches the bizarre: an odd custom. Queer sometimes adds to odd the suggestion of something abnormal and eccentric: queer in the head.
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Example Sentences

Even in the spring, says Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at LSU Health Sciences-Shreveport and another senior author, it was clear that something was strange about Louisiana’s outbreak.

While that might sound a little strange, if your heated throw has a plug and runs on electricity—well, that’s an appliance.

This rebuttal proffers a strange theory of governance that American accounts are somehow bound by the lifetime of its generations.

After months of eating alone, it sounded strange to my ears.

From Eater

It’s no longer strange to see Tom Brady in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform.

In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

It was a bit strange for a while here with all the Newsweek stuff.

The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution.

In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.

Like, OK, to be around them when we were away from work is great, but being at work was still kind of strange for me.

It seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.

He did believe you, more or less, and what you said fell in with his own impressions—strange impressions that they were, poor man!

The associations of place recall her strange interview with Mr. Longcluse but a few months before.

Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.

Her feet felt rooted to the floor in the wonder and doubt of this strange occurrence.

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