strange

IPA: strˈeɪndʒ

noun

  • (slang, uncountable) Sex outside of one's current relationship.
  • (particle physics, countable) A strange quark.
  • A surname.
  • A community in King township, Ontario, Canada, named after Frederick William Strange.

verb

  • (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished at (something).

adjective

  • Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
  • Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  • (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
  • (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
  • (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
  • (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
  • (obsolete) Backward; slow.
  • (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
  • (law) Not belonging to one.
Advertisement

Examples of "strange" in Sentences

  • They had a strange accent.
  • The matter is vexing and even strange.
  • This wedding felt strange and joyless.
  • The strangeness of the quote is obvious.
  • The names in the information box are strange.
  • The tenets of the religion are strange to you.
  • Instead it was a strange quietude and emptiness.
  • Albert was a strange boy and was always absentminded.
  • Albert was a strange boy, and was always absentminded.
  • The strange thing is that the numbers of the articles are different.

Related Links

synonyms for strangedescribing words for strange
Advertisement
#AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

© 2024 Copyright: WordPapa