All peculiar synonyms
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P p adjective peculiar
- characteristic β The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
- quaint β having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- mysterious β full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- idiosyncratic β pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- mismatched β Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.
- extraordinary β Very unusual or remarkable.
- yours β to address as βthou.β.
- eerie β uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
- mismated β Badly matched or not matching.
- weird β involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- distinguishing β distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
- outlandish β freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- ironic β using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
- whimsical β given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- ironical β pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- erratic β Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- nonstandard β not standard.
- especial β Better or greater than usual; special.
- omnifarious β of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
adj peculiar
- fab β fabulous (def 2).
- freaky β freakish.
- novel β Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- fluctuant β fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- contradistinctive β distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
- atypical β Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
- arrestive β tending to arrest
- directionless β the act or an instance of directing.
- fantastic β conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- at variance β If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
- avantgarde β the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- various β of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- ill-conceived β badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
- fly ball β a ball that is batted up into the air.
- intrinsic β belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
- incommensurable β not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- abnormal β Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- cliquish β If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- hers β Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
- antithetic β of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- distinct β distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- inexplainable β not explainable; incapable of being explained; inexplicable.
- flasher β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- his β any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
- fabber β fabulous (def 2).
- blow by blow β precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- different β not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- special β of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- inexplicable β not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- derisory β If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- aberrant β Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.