strange in English: Not usual or normal; hard to understand and a little surprising. (adjective)

Translation

Not usual or normal; hard to understand and a little surprising.

Word origin

From Old French estrange, meaning foreign or unfamiliar, from Latin extraneus.

Origin: Old French
Root: estrange

Examples

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"Strange" means the noise was not usual.

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Here "strange" means it did not feel normal.

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Here "strange" means a man they did not know.

Related words

different

Not the same as someone or something else.

new

Made or bought a short time ago, or not seen or known before.

feel

To have an emotion or a sense in your body, or to touch something to learn about it.

look

To turn your eyes towards something so you can see it.

clear

Easy to see, hear, or understand; with nothing in the way.

familiar

Easy to know again because you have seen it or heard it before.

freak

A person or thing that is very strange or very different from normal.

insane

Not able to think in a normal, healthy way. People also use it to mean wild or very silly.

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