Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outré
Adjective
  • Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Also revealed in trailer is the world of Evie’s eccentric family, including fiercely loving single mum Suz (Jones), sister Izzie (Hill), handsome boyfriend and ‘man of the house Josh (Adam Long) and frustrating neighbor Callum (Cooper).
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Take the quiz here … CHAOTIC CALAMITY – Seahawks' celebration turns to disaster as bizarre fumble gives Cardinals new life.
    , FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Watch On Together, the beads and star arms painted a bizarre, layered portrait of Saturn's skies.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What follows is a dramedy that is simultaneously an anthropological examination of the film industry’s denizens and a disturbing — though often very funny — look at the fragility of identity in that world.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
  • My idea of funny is the English say the craziest things with a straight face.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After a period of wild and mostly erratic spending under Farhad Moshiri’s ownership left them in dire financial straits, the club are trying to rebuild cautiously under the Friedkin Group.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Young Marlins showed playoff potential this year but were too up-and-down erratic.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The story becomes less of a character study of the strange ways in which grief manifests and more about the escalating hijinks of a lie that takes on a wild life of its own.
    Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The options were powerful, immortal, stranger or wanderer.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Outré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outr%C3%A9. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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