Strange (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective, strang·er, strang·est.
  1. unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
  2. estranged, alienated, etc., as a result of being out of one's natural environment: I felt strange as I walked through the crowded marketplace.
  3. situated, belonging, or coming from outside of one's own locality; foreign:to move to a strange place; strange religions.
  4. outside of one's previous experience; hitherto unknown; unfamiliar: strange faces; strange customs.
  5. unaccustomed to or inexperienced in; unacquainted (usually followed by to): I'm strange to this part of the job.
  6. distant or reserved; shy.
adverb
  1. in a strange manner.
adjective
  1. odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc; peculiar
  2. not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar
  3. not easily explained
  4. inexperienced (in) or unaccustomed (to)
  5. not of one's own kind, locality, etc; alien; foreign
  6. shy; distant; reserved
  7. it is unusual or surprising that
  8. physics
    • denoting a particular flavour of quark
    • denoting or relating to a hypothetical form of matter composed of such quarks
adverb
  1. in a strange manner
Strange (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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