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bizarro

adjective

bə-ˈzär-ō

Definition of bizarro

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him

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as in exotic

excitingly or mysteriously unusual a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following

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Recent Examples of bizarro These trades also feel like a bizarro echo of a deal by previous Canucks management almost exactly one year ago. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Dodging accusations of being a control freak, feuding with other musicians, and proliferating bizarro theories on UFOs seemed more important than writing good songs. — David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026 Big props also to editor Greg Ng, VFX supervisor Edward Douglas and the appropriate electronic score from Parsons and Edo van Breeman that accompanies this bizarro land full of constant noises that offer clues for what lies within these walls and behind these doors — or not. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 May 2026 His movies are goofs, larks, stunts, knowingly arch bizarro-world riffs. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bizarro

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Adjective

Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s.

— Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Her family and church life remained opaque, but her bizarre comedic timing and magnetic onscreen presence turned her into everyone’s favorite reality-TV anti-hero.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

Monkeys, tigers, exotic birds destined for the pet trade or as trophies, reptiles and sea cucumbers prized for food and medicine all pass through the region's airports and border crossings, according to officials with the network.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Having the good fortune to be present at a musical revolution’s ground zero, Hynde’s exotic American watched her British pals quickly turn into first-gen punk legends and form the Damned, the Sex Pistols, the Slits, the Clash.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of exotic

Adjective

In a small town, several dead people are brought back to life through a strange ritual involving burning duck manure.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Back outside, the strangest part of the scene might have been how normal everything seemed to the people wearing crimson and blue.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of strange

Adjective

Her story featured her own original music and an interview with a friend, who is in his 60s, and who has never had a romantic relationship before.

— Anya Steinberg, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Investigations into how police use the cameras further revealed a national pattern of unsupervised searches allowing officers to stalk romantic interests.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of romantic

Adjective

Sometimes sweaty, sometimes sneering, often grandiose, and always conflicted, this Hansen presents the actor with a marvelous opportunity to demonstrate his stupefying range.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
Japanese arthouse favorite Hirokazu Koreeda returns to his wheelhouse to marvelous effect with Look Back, an aching drama about growing up and making art, featuring a pair of stunning performances from child actors.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of marvelous

Adjective

On paper, the script didn’t seem that funny, and the looseness of it all — the clowning, the lack of a traditional plot structure — seemed kind of slapdash.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The play touches on issues of male bonding, family, reentering the dating pool, loss, grief and despair, while being very funny almost all the time.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of funny

Adjective

Creating the pipeline Although skilled chip workers are concentrated overseas, bringing over foreign talent on H-1B visas has become a costly and cumbersome process.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
In Thursday’s ruling, the FCC found that the public interest supports permitting Paramount’s foreign equity ownership to exceed the typical benchmark for such a deal.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

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