QUIRKY Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

quirky

adjective

ˈkwər-kē

Definition of quirky

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 But the quirky Cinderella riff is still top-tier Hathaway, showcasing her knack for physical comedy as a young woman who quite literally must do everything she's told. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 Because the concept of who will take snaps if every quarterback is injured isn’t a quirky hypothetical in Santa Clara. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 Admissions officers can tell when a student is trying to be quirky simply to distinguish themselves, and these essays come off as performative rather than personal. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The quirky sci-fi comedy starring Diedrich Bader and Chris Parnell did not end up panning out for Spelling. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quirky

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Adjective

After meeting with a young, female director, who offers him the chance to play a bizarre and deeply unsympathetic character in her debut feature, Niaz leaves the audition unconvinced (and pretty offended).

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2026
Barring anything bizarre unfolding in the next few weeks, Smack will almost certainly be the Packers’ Week 1 kicker in Minnesota.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

Twenty-four hours after moving to London from New Zealand, Lavanda wanted to go out for a cocktail but felt strange going alone.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
There are a lot of on-the-road songs about travels through this strange, heartbreaking, and beautiful planet.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of strange

Adjective

The animation is truly ugly, the characters moving at the framerate of a PowerPoint and looking less like the animals they’re supposed to be than weird hybrid troll creatures.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
And when the Stray Cats and the Blasters brought their rockabilly revivals to the mainstream in the Eighties, the Cramps were just too weird and nasty for primetime.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of weird

Adjective

The continent is being hammered by a number of odd energy policy decisions, from closing zero-emission nuclear plants or shutting down natural gas facilities.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
The odd part is that all of this spending, hiring and firing is happening around a target every major AI lab defines differently.

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of odd

Adjective

Her 10-week trial was held in a small town in rural Victoria that was inundated with media crews and curious members of the public who queued for hours each day for a seat in the public gallery.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
His collection was less the product of some grand strategy than an extraordinarily long social life, a curious eye, and a healthy dose of pragmatism.

— Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of curious

Adjective

Our beloved trio of true crime-solving podcasters must now navigate their way through the home of the cozy murder mystery, replete with a whole new collection of suspicious and particularly English-eccentric characters.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
The two of them seem united by their need to prove themselves in a world of white men afforded the privilege and flexibility to be far more eccentric.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

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