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Anything that is unusual or out of the ordinary can be described as strange, like the strange sight of an ice cream truck pulling up in front of your school and your principal skipping over to it.
The adjective strange comes from Latin word extraneus, meaning “foreign” or “external.” If someone approaches you speaking with a strange accent, it means you can't identify where the person is from, not that he or she is odd or weird — the newer meaning of strange. But remember, it once was a strange sight to see a person talking on a cell phone; when the unknown becomes known, it is no longer strange.
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being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird“a strange exaltation that was indefinable”“a strange fantastical mind”“what a strange sense of humor she has”
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synonyms:
unusual
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antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
ludicrously odd
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crazy
bizarre or fantastic
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curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
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eerie, eery, spooky
inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
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exotic
strikingly strange or unusual
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freaky
strange and somewhat frightening
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gothic
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
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oddish
somewhat strange
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other
very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected
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quaint
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
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quaint
very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
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weird
strikingly odd or unusual
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Antonyms:
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familiar
within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
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common, usual
commonly encountered
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common or garden
the usual or familiar type
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everyday
commonplace and ordinary
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antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
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not known before“used many strange words”“saw many strange faces in the crowd”
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synonyms:
unknown
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unfamiliar
not known or well known
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unfamiliar
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relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
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synonyms:
foreign
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adventive
not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
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alien, exotic
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
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nonnative
of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
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established, naturalized
introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
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foreign-born, nonnative
of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
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imported
used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
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tramontane
being or coming from another country
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unnaturalised, unnaturalized
not having acquired citizenship
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Antonyms:
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native
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
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autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
originating where it is found
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domestic
produced in a particular country
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homegrown
grown or originating in a particular place
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native-born
belonging to a place by birth
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adventive
Vocabulary lists containing strange
In the last book of the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series, Percy and his demigod friends prepare for their final battle with Kronos and the Titans.
Learn these words from the personal narrative by Carmen Agra Deedy and the poem by Janet S. Wong (Inside: Level A, Unit 1). Here are our links to the selections of "Finding Your Own Place": Growing Together; When I Grow Up, Kids Like Me, Familiar Places, Call Me Maria Here are our links to the units of Level A: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
John Donne's "Song: Go and catch a falling star" is a fantastical quest, full of impossible sights and mystical wonders and a traveler who may not find what he is looking for (etext found here). Here are links to our lists for other poems by John Donne: "The Canonization", "The Flea", "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning", "Death, be not proud", "The Sun Rising"
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