quirky

adjective

ˈkwər-kē How to pronounce quirky (audio)
Definition of quirkynext
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers

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Recent Examples of quirky Echo has built its reputation on quirky plays idiosyncratically performed. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 The actress was not looking to become the quirky best friend character, a trope that director Claire Scanlon and writers Sarah Rothschild and Hazelwood were not interested in rehashing. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026 This town of about 1,200 residents comes alive in autumn with quirky traditions, breathtaking foliage, and family-friendly activities that showcase the best of the season. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 In This Article From fun, quirky dips to sweet, tangy cake frostings and cheesecakes to cheesy sausage balls, cream cheese runs the gamut from sweet to savory Southern recipes. — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quirky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
  1. bizarre
  2. funny
  3. strange
  4. weird
  5. odd
  6. curious
  7. peculiar
  8. eccentric
Adjective
  • In a bizarre way, meeting the late, great Lynch — whom Watts did an impeccable impression of, pretend cigarette and all — was almost like therapy for the actress, who landed that breakout role at the age of 31.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In 2018, Entertainment Weekly wrote an oral history of the bizarre entertainment at the 1989 gala.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • Peppino Mazzullo, the Italian actor who provided the voice for the mouse puppet Topo Gigio, best known for his frequent, funny appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, died Wednesday.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • While Eisenman’s works are funny at first glance, a nuanced narrative, interweaving the personal and political, can usually be teased out of them.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of funny
Adjective
  • The reunion becomes even stranger when Constance prepares for a dark holiday celebration, with Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) from Cult helping decorate a black Christmas tree topped with a pentagram.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The public wiki case offers a particularly strange example of the problem.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • Read Cep’s Profile of Kingsolver » Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about books.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Why is this weird, scammy product now the biggest monster in the room?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of weird
Adjective
  • The franchise, one of the most successful ever, spans thirty-odd games—many of which are very good—and has spawned multiple live-action film adaptations and television shows, nearly all of which have been terrible.
    — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And the plot careens from one incident to the next, sometimes landing on a random sight gag or odd digression.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of odd
Adjective
  • Guadagnino is curious, too, about the generational shift in youth culture.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • For more than 158 years, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been the South’s source for culture, community and news for curious minds.
    — Hugo Rojo, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of curious
Adjective
  • For decades, preferences like these were part of the peculiar ecosystem of elite college admissions.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Other than its peculiar curvature, the interior of the anti-de Sitter snow globe is a lot like our universe, filled with electrons and atoms.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of peculiar
Adjective
  • Everett is meticulous and thorough, if eccentric, carefully considering all kinds of little details for his character.
    — Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The celebrity glam teams always take a little more license at the VMAs to get eccentric, hyperbolically glamorous, referential, or all three.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of eccentric

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