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- [streynj]
- /streɪndʒ/
- /streɪndʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [streynj]
- /streɪndʒ/
Definitions of strange word
- adjective strange unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make. 1
- adjective strange estranged, alienated, etc., as a result of being out of one's natural environment: I felt strange as I walked through the crowded marketplace. 1
- adjective strange situated, belonging, or coming from outside of one's own locality; foreign: to move to a strange place; strange religions. 1
- adjective strange outside of one's previous experience; hitherto unknown; unfamiliar: strange faces; strange customs. 1
- adjective strange unaccustomed to or inexperienced in; unacquainted (usually followed by to): I'm strange to this part of the job. 1
- adjective strange distant or reserved; shy. 1
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Origin of strange
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French estrange < Latin extrāneus; see extraneous
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Parts of speech for Strange
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
strange popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
strange usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for strange
adj strange
- aberrant — Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- arrestive — tending to arrest
adjective strange
- absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
Antonyms for strange
adj strange
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- buddy-buddy — very friendly; intimate.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
adjective strange
- isolationist — a person who favors or works for isolationism.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
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