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strange

[streynj] / streɪndʒ /
ADJECTIVE
deviating, unfamiliar
Synonyms
STRONGEST
astonishing bizarre curious different extraordinary fantastic funny new odd offbeat outlandish peculiar rare remarkable unusual weird wonderful
STRONG
eldritch
WEAK
aberrant abnormal astounding atypical eccentric erratic exceptional far-out idiosyncratic ignorant inexperienced irregular marvelous mystifying newfangled oddball off out-of-the-way perplexing quaint singular unaccountable unaccustomed uncanny uncommon unheard of unseasoned
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar like normal ordinary poor regular similar standard typical usual
WEAK
native
ADJECTIVE
exotic, foreign
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alien awkward new romantic unfamiliar
WEAK
apart detached external faraway irrelevant isolated lost novel out of place outside remote romanesque unexplored unknown unrelated untried
Antonyms
STRONGEST
usual
WEAK
common familiar native normal regular standard

Example Sentences

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But things turned strange the morning of April 12, when the ship's captain announced into a microphone that a passenger had died.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

I must admit it does look very strange he is not at, or prioritising, the game.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

At 35, I thought my strange symptoms had to be early menopause.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The love he once had for baseball he now felt for a strange and mysterious place that was as old as history itself yet as secretive as the classical ciphers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“Must be strange, living in a single season for so long.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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