Choose the Right Synonym for bizarre

Adjective

fantastic, bizarre, grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. dreamed up fantastic rumors bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones. grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile

Examples of bizarre in a Sentence

Adjective I just heard the most bizarre story. She wore a bizarre outfit.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective His ninety-plus-page opinion, citing some ancient (and bizarre) sources, merely attempts to obscure it. — Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022 But one brilliant show is revealing just how bizarre -- and damaging -- US political life has become. — Sara Stewart, CNN, 3 May 2022 Mara, Lisa and Astrid say bizarre and unsettling things, their cruelty and spite sometimes offhand, sometimes calculated. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022 The painting is bizarre enough to seem modern, as if Bosch got the Marvel action-movie treatment. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022 The experience must have been bizarre yet somehow profound. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022 Though bizarre, Jaffe’s experience is hardly novel. — Kelsey Miller, SELF, 11 Jan. 2022 From the good, bad, the not so bad, bizarre, the somewhat funny, and the flat-out ugly — in no particular order — here are 10 stories that impacted people of color in 2021. — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022 The humbling, bizarre, destabilizing nature of hyperobjects was always going to be something that many people wanted to reject on its face. — Laura Hudson, Wired, 16 Nov. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Meatball short film aside, this is a great distillation of Sherman's bizarre, off-putting body humor. — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2022 China’s Bored Wukong collection, which launched in November last year, is an anthology of 390 cartoon monkey portraits in which each ape sports a bizarre and, to some degree, unique array of accessories. — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022 His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022 In 2018, the podcast famously (or notoriously) made headlines when Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared, sipping whiskey and smoking weed with Rogan for a bizarre, 2.5-hour live interview. — Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022 The 212 bronze, iron and granite sculptures examine the human form, ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre. — David Nikel, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 For mainstream media outlets, which endlessly covered Trump’s 2016 campaign as a bizarre and (for them, at least) lucrative spectacle, Trump’s fitful public re-emergence is something of a test. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2021 There’s a mix of the old-fashioned bizarre with rampant, of-the-moment social anxiety. — Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021 Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another. Save this story for later. — Thomas Lewton, Wired, 1 Aug. 2021 See More

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