Bizarre
[bɪ'zɑː] or [bɪ'zɑr]
Definition
(adj.) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; 'restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit'; 'famed for his eccentric spelling'; 'a freakish combination of styles'; 'his off-the-wall antics'; 'the outlandish clothes of teenagers'; 'outre and affected stage antics' .
Typed by Bush--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.
Inputed by Hahn
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.
Typist: Thaddeus
Definition
adj. odd: fantastic: extravagant.—n. Bizar′rerie.
Typist: Owen
Examples
- I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Between these snow-white pillars hung heavy curtains of azure tint, embroidered with bizarre figures in yellow silk. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She was tall and strange, she looked as if she had come out of some new, bizarre picture. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Owen