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   strange

   /streɪn(d)ʒ/

   adjective

   • 1. unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain: "children have some strange ideas" Similar unusualoddcuriouspeculiarfunnybizarreweirduncannyqueerunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalatypicalanomalousuntypicaldifferentout of the ordinaryout of the wayextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableinexplicableincongruousuncommonirregularsingulardeviantaberrantfreakfreakishsurrealsuspiciousdubiousquestionableeerieunnaturaloutréuncoinformal:fishycreepyspookyrumbizarroweirdeccentricoddpeculiarfunnybizarreunusualabnormalunconventionalidiosyncraticoutlandishoffbeatfreakishquirkyquaintzanyoff-centreinformal:wackyway outfreakykookykinkyoddballlike nothing on earthcrankyscrewyoff the wallwackobackasswardsinformal, dated:dillyOpposite ordinaryusualnormalconventional
   • ▪ slightly or undefinably unwell or ill at ease: "her head still felt strange" Similar illunwellpoorlyindisposednot (very) wellnot oneselfout of sortsnot up to parunder/below parpeakyliverishsickqueasynauseousoffoff colourinformal:under the weathernot up to snufffunnypeculiarcrummylousyroughropygrottywabbitcrookvulgar slang:crappydated:queerseedyill at easeuneasyedgyuncomfortableawkwardself-consciousembarrassedout of placelike a fish out of waterdisorientatedOpposite wellrelaxed
   • 2. not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien: "she was lost in a strange country" Similar unfamiliarunknownnewalienpreviously unencounteredOpposite familiar
   • ▪ unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with: archaic "I am strange to the work"
   • 3. denoting or involving a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Strange quarks have similar properties to down quarks and bottom quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.

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