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Definition of bizarre in English:

bizarre

adjective bɪˈzɑːbəˈzɑr
  • Very strange or unusual.

    a bizarre situation
    his behaviour became more and more bizarre

    他的行为越来越古怪。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An already enthralling case took a bizarre turn when Anderson entered the witness box.
    • No doubt we will hear more about this story in the days to come because it is so very bizarre.
    • They were each asked to submit the most bizarre reasons why people wanted to hand over animals to them.
    • If the situation appears bizarre at times, it is as if the whole world has gone mad.
    • A few miles to the east, up a steep valley, are a collection of bizarre rock formations.
    • Being pictured as he was might be a bizarre situation but it's par for the course.
    • His universe was a bizarre and surreal place but his writing also hinted at serious themes.
    • Yet it is the bizarre, unexpected moments in life that are the ones we remember.
    • You might well be puzzled by this bizarre attempt to create a difference where none exists.
    • It is quite bizarre that we have failed to give the same attention to the food sector.
    • The bizarre exhibition includes a display of British padlocks and some prison menus.
    • His decision to tackle a bizarre range of characters is unusual for someone of his stature.
    • This is a bizarre situation, especially in comparison with the rules of the sea.
    • Oh yeah, one of those bizarre little coincidence things happened to me yesterday.
    • For a play involving such grotesque and bizarre subject matter, it sure got a lot of laughs!
    • It was a bizarre build up to the goal as again the weather heavily influenced the play.
    • It's truly bizarre how different people think about similar things at the same time.
    • It's the fact that he is so bizarre that allows many to conclude that he really isn't doing anything.
    • Shocked by what she heard, she returned home and told her husband of the bizarre encounter.
    • In the midst of this confessional, parts of his explanation became quite bizarre.
    Synonyms
    strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, offbeat, outlandish, eccentric, unconventional, unorthodox, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, unusual, out of the ordinary, out of the way, extraordinary
    fantastic, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, inexplicable, incongruous, irregular, singular, ludicrous, comical, ridiculous, droll, deviant, aberrant, grotesque, freak, freakish, surreal
    French outré
    informal weird, wacky, oddball, way out, freaky, off the wall
    British informal rum
    North American informal wacko, bizarro

Derivatives

  • bizarreness

  • noun
    • Gotta love those moments of total bizarreness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This unusual non sequitur represents the high point of bizarreness in this collection of sketches.
      • Recent tragedies have been afflicted with a certain element of bizarreness, hitherto not experienced by humankind.
      • I guess the perceived degree of bizarreness of any incident or action is entirely dependent on your own frame of reference.
      • And part of me does; I love the bizarreness of human nature.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian bizzarro 'angry', of unknown origin.

  • This adjective meaning ‘strange’, ‘odd’ came into English from French, from Italian bizzarro which meant ‘angry’. The ultimate origin remains unknown.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah

Definition of bizarre in US English:

bizarre

adjectivebəˈzɑrbəˈzär
  • Very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement.

    怪诞的,古怪的,奇形怪状的

    her bizarre dresses and outrageous hairdos
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the situation appears bizarre at times, it is as if the whole world has gone mad.
    • An already enthralling case took a bizarre turn when Anderson entered the witness box.
    • His universe was a bizarre and surreal place but his writing also hinted at serious themes.
    • His decision to tackle a bizarre range of characters is unusual for someone of his stature.
    • No doubt we will hear more about this story in the days to come because it is so very bizarre.
    • Being pictured as he was might be a bizarre situation but it's par for the course.
    • For a play involving such grotesque and bizarre subject matter, it sure got a lot of laughs!
    • It's truly bizarre how different people think about similar things at the same time.
    • This is a bizarre situation, especially in comparison with the rules of the sea.
    • The bizarre exhibition includes a display of British padlocks and some prison menus.
    • Shocked by what she heard, she returned home and told her husband of the bizarre encounter.
    • It was a bizarre build up to the goal as again the weather heavily influenced the play.
    • It is quite bizarre that we have failed to give the same attention to the food sector.
    • They were each asked to submit the most bizarre reasons why people wanted to hand over animals to them.
    • In the midst of this confessional, parts of his explanation became quite bizarre.
    • Oh yeah, one of those bizarre little coincidence things happened to me yesterday.
    • You might well be puzzled by this bizarre attempt to create a difference where none exists.
    • It's the fact that he is so bizarre that allows many to conclude that he really isn't doing anything.
    • Yet it is the bizarre, unexpected moments in life that are the ones we remember.
    • A few miles to the east, up a steep valley, are a collection of bizarre rock formations.
    Synonyms
    strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, offbeat, outlandish, eccentric, unconventional, unorthodox, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, unusual, out of the ordinary, out of the way, extraordinary

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian bizzarro ‘angry’, of unknown origin.

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