as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
If anything, O’Hara’s brilliance came from her ability to unearth the oddball in anybody.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
But the director has spent decades digging for gold amid pulpier genres, turning out oddball horror, thriller, and comic-book movies.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Shi’s bottle list encompasses an idiosyncratic mix of classics and oddballs, including stroppy Austrian natural whites alongside multi-thousand-dollar Burgundies, funky low-intervention oranges from Greece, a few bottles from the Japanese winery Coco Farm.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
If anything, O’Hara’s brilliance came from her ability to unearth the oddball in anybody.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Al Jardine and veteran members of Brian Wilson’s touring band have spent the past several months playing the vast majority the 1977 oddball Beach Boys LP The Beach Boys Love You at venues across the United States.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
But the director has spent decades digging for gold amid pulpier genres, turning out oddball horror, thriller, and comic-book movies.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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On her trail are a Báthory relative who is vegetarian (Thomas Schubert), his psychotherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists, a police inspector and a gallery of eccentrics.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Catherine O’Hara portrayed ridiculous eccentrics with equal parts hilarity and humanity.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In that sense, the content lives to its title as a collection of larger-than-life bizarre elements.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Minutes before his interview started, Cutler, alone in the interview room, had done something completely bizarre.—
Marcelena Spencer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Gosling is a beautiful crier, and his character’s journey seems destined to end in tears.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ice cream, water fights, kind people who aren’t weird and don’t smell unusual.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Friday, an unusual time for such events on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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And instead of debuting on a Friday or Sunday — the most common release days for scripted originals — The Madison will release its episodes over two consecutive Saturdays.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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It’s been a great year thinking back and taking those moments to reflect on the business holistically on the international originals front.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Costume designer Lissy Turner drapes Parsons in flowy layers and embroidered velvet, conveying everything the audience needs to know about this woman and her kooky, open-minded beliefs.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Rachel is showing her authentic self, and that authentic self is creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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