Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way. synonym: fantastic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Odd; fanciful; fantastical; whimsical; grotesque.
- noun A variety of carnation in which the white ground-color is striped with two colors, one darker than the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
strangely unconventional instyle orappearance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I take exception to Frank Abate's use of the term bizarre in conjunction with the place name HumpTulips, Washington [XVIII,2].
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Margaret Morrissey, of the pressure group Parents Aloud, said police should have informed parents in a series of meetings instead of a letter, which she described as "bizarre".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But Hammerand urged jurors to reject what he called a "bizarre story."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Just three days before Le disappeared, Marasigan filed for a temporary restraining order against Esteban, citing what he described as her bizarre and threatening behavior against him and his family.
The Seattle Times 2011
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State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said American officials were pressing Egyptian authorities the crackdown, which she described as "bizarre."
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Staff grew accustomed to what they described as his "bizarre" behaviour.
Thestar.com - Home Page Diana Zlomislic 2011
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Las Cruces Police are continuing to investigate what they call a bizarre incident that occurred Wednesday evening that included a verbal altercation, threats, an automobile crash and one man being transported to an El Paso hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
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And what was even more surprising to Madduri was a letter he received from Southwest Airlines apologizing for what they called the bizarre incident involving the lady who caused the disruption.
KCTV5.com - News 2008
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Police allege the woman, now aged 30, was drugged before being blindfolded, sexually assaulted and defrauded during what they described as a bizarre and callous series of fake prayer sessions in Sydney's west between 2001 and 2005.
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The Dem's characterizing her recent behavior as "bizarre" is a cheap stunt.
DNC reacts: Palin decision 'continues a pattern of bizarre behavior' 2009
strange_person commented on the word bizarre
my brother loves this word(ie)
haha!
some times spelt bizzare but that is incorrect.
January 20, 2009
kewpid commented on the word bizarre
I used to like 'bizarre', but it appears to have been co-opted by politicians. It is a vague insult without an adequate rejoinder.
February 2, 2009
yarb commented on the word bizarre
kewpid: try gubu for four-fold effect.
February 3, 2009