bizarre
Strangely unconventionalStrangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.
» This is bizarre.
Das ist bizarr. — Adelpa
Это странно. — stariy
Це дивно. — shanghainese
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesStrangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.
That was a bizarre adventure!
bizarr, komisch, seltsam
неесте́ственныйnejestéstvennyj, ненорма́льныйnenormálʹnyj, причу́дливыйpričúdlivyj
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Examples
75 sentencesThis is bizarre.
Це дивно. — shanghainese
ruЭто странно. — stariy
deDas ist bizarr. — Adelpa
Tom told us a bizarre story.
I think that that's very bizarre.
Something bizarre happened to me last week.
Love is a bizarre feeling you can't express in words.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), thenBorrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), then either from Italian bizzarro (“weird, eccentric, frisky”) or, less likely, from Basque bizar (literally “beard”, from the notion that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French).
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Forms
more bizarre/bizarrer, most bizarre/bizarrest| Comparative | more bizarre / bizarrer Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bizarre / bizarrest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual:eccentricfreakishfreakyflakyflakeygonzooff-the-walloutlandish
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form