abnormal

[ab-nawr-muhl] / æbˈnɔr məl /

ADJECTIVE

different from standard or norm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberrant anomalous atypical bizarre exceptional extraordinary irregular odd peculiar strange uncommon unexpected unnatural unusual weird

WEAK

anomalistic curious deviant deviate deviating divergent eccentric fantastic funny grody gross heteroclite heterodox heteromorphic off-base off-color out of line preternatural screwy spastic unorthodox

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common conforming conventional expected familiar normal ordinary regular standard usual

WEAK

customary straight

Example Sentences

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The team also observed abnormal metabolism inside the cells.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

“This is abnormal — I haven’t seen anything like this in my entire career,” Roos told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

“It’s not super abnormal for this time of year, but it will be warmer for much of the area,” said Bryan Lewis, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

After a second miscarriage, women were tested for anaemia and abnormal thyroid function, which can affect pregnancy outcomes.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In the New Orleans show, I felt all the amusement of the improbable abnormal, but also a kind of horror that it could be so.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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