Definition of strange Strange

/stɹejˈnʤ/ - [streynj] - strange

We found 25 definitions of strange from 6 different sources.

What does strange mean?

WordNet

Adjective strange, stranger, strangest
strange - 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"
		unusual
		familiar having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
		antic, fantastical, grotesque, fantastic ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
		crazy intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"
		rum, rummy, queer, curious, funny, peculiar, odd, singular eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
		eery, eerie inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"
		exotic strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"
		freaky strange and somewhat frightening; "the whole experience was really freaky"
		gothic characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"
		oddish somewhat strange
		other very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
		quaint strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
		quaint strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
strange - not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
		unknown
		unfamiliar not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
		foreign
		native belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"
		adventive not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"
		alien, exotic being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
		nonnative of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
		naturalized, established planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils"
		foreign-born, nonnative of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population"
		imported used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines"
		tramontane on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds"

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Wiktionary

strange (Verb)
To alienate; to estrange.
strange (Verb)
To be estranged or alienated.
strange (Verb)
To wonder; to be astonished.
strange (Adjective)
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary .
strange (Adjective)
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
strange (Adjective)
Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

strange (superl.)
Belonging to another country; foreign.
strange (superl.)
Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
strange (superl.)
Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
strange (superl.)
Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.
strange (superl.)
Reserved; distant in deportment.
strange (superl.)
Backward; slow.
strange (superl.)
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
strange (adv.)
Strangely.
strange (v. t.)
To alienate; to estrange.
strange (v. i.)
To be estranged or alienated.
strange (v. i.)
To wonder; to be astonished.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

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Out of the ordinary.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

strange
strānj, adj. foreign: belonging to another country: not formerly known, heard, or seen: not domestic: new: causing surprise or curiosity, marvellous: unusual, odd: estranged, reserved: unacquainted with, unversed: not lawfully belonging to one.—adv. Strange′ly.—ns. Strange′ness; Strān′ger, a foreigner: one from homed: one unknown or unacquainted: a guest or visitor: one not admitted to communion or fellowship: a popular premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, guttering in a candle, &c.—Strange woman, a whore. [O. Fr. estrange (Fr. étrange)—L. extraneus—extra, beyond.]