outlandish

[out-lan-dish] / aʊtˈlæn dɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

bizarre, strange

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eccentric extravagant fantastic far-out grotesque odd outrageous peculiar preposterous ridiculous rude unconventional unusual weird whimsical

WEAK

alien awkward barbaric barbarous boorish clumsy curious droll erratic exotic foreign freakish gauche graceless kinky outre outré quaint singular tasteless ultra uncouth unheard-of unorthodox wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common conventional familiar nice normal ordinary plain reasonable regular sensible standard usual

Example Sentences

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In fact, it's so outlandish that they may indeed be more baffled than angry.

From BBC

And he’s had prior success creating outlandish villains on Broadway with the Grinch and, from “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Norman Osborn/Green Goblin.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s elementary: Characters can do outlandish things, commit outrageous crimes, be inspired by the pettiest of motives.

From The Wall Street Journal

And as we saw in “A Minecraft Movie” earlier this year, any film that puts Mr. Black in an outlandish situation can’t go far wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

More outlandish still is that Vonn returned to top-tier competition on a knee that was partly rebuilt, something that no world-class skier had ever attempted.

From The Wall Street Journal

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