strange
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Adjective (3)strangest
- 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”Synonyms: unusualOpposite familiarSimilar curious, antic, quaint, weird, eerie, gothic, crazy, oddish +3 more
- not known before“used many strange words”“saw many strange faces in the crowd”“don't let anyone unknown into the house”Synonyms: unknownOpposite familiarSimilar unfamiliar
- 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”Synonyms: foreignSimilar alien, established, foreign-born, adventive, imported, nonnative, tramontane, unnaturalizedRelates to unfamiliarity, foreignnessSee also unfamiliar
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Translations
Adjective not normal
- Spanish
- extraño
- French
- étrange
- German
- seltsam
- Italian
- strano
- Portuguese
- estranho
- Turkish
- tuhaf
- Russian
- стра́нный stránnyj
- Arabic
- غَرِيب ḡarīb
- Chinese
- 奇怪 qíguài
- Japanese
- 変 hen
29 more languages
- Dutch
- vreemd
- Polish
- dziwny
- Swedish
- underlig
- Greek
- παράξενος paráxenos
- Korean
- 낯설다 natseolda
- Indonesian
- aneh
- Vietnamese
- lạ
- Hungarian
- furcsa
- Portuguese (PT)
- estranho
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 奇怪 qíguài
- Catalan
- estrany
- Czech
- divný
- Danish
- underlig
- Esperanto
- stranga
- Estonian
- imelik
- Finnish
- outo
- Georgian
- უცნაური ucnauri
- Hebrew
- מוּזָר muzár
- Icelandic
- skrýtinn
- Latvian
- dīvains
- Lithuanian
- keistas
- Norwegian
- rar
- Romanian
- ciudat
- Scottish Gaelic
- annasach
- Serbo-Croatian
- čudan
- Slovak
- divný
- Swahili
- geni
- Welsh
- rhyfedd
- Yiddish
- מאָדנע modne
Adjective not yet part of one’s experience
- French
- inconnu
- German
- fremd
- Portuguese
- desconhecido
- Russian
- незнако́мый neznakómyj
- Arabic
- غَرِيب ḡarīb
- Chinese
- 陌生 mòshēng
- Dutch
- vreemd
- Polish
- obcy
- Swedish
- främmande
- Vietnamese
- xa lạ
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. estrange, F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. “To seek strange strands.” Geoffrey Chaucer
One of the strange queen's lords.— William Shakespeare
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.— Roger Ascham
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.— Sir John Davies
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.— William Shakespeare
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. “He is sick of a strange fever.” William Shakespeare
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me.— John Milton
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. William Shakespeare
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
6. Backward; slow. obsolete
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.— William Shakespeare
☞ Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.— Edmund Waller
Strange sail Nautical, an unknown vessel. — Strange woman Scripture, a harlot. Prov. v. 3. — To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. William Shakespeare (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer — To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
Synonyms: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
Strangely. obsolete
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak.— William Shakespeare
To alienate; to estrange. obsolete
1. To be estranged or alienated. obsolete
2. To wonder; to be astonished. obsolete Joseph Glanvill
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54