I left Lady Glyde … and joined Mrs. Rubelle, with the object of kindly preventing her from feeling strange and nervous in consequence of the uncertainty of her situation. Wilkie Collins
eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.
the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers
erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.
a friend's suddenly erratic behavior
odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.
an odd sense of humor
quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.
a quaint fishing village
outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.
outlandish fashions of the time
Example Sentences
Adjective Does his behavior seem strange to you? Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. That is one of the strangest creatures I have ever seen. He gave me a strange look. Strange as it may seem, I don't like walking barefoot on the grass. It's strange that nobody told me about this before. That's strange. He was here a minute ago. The strange thing is that nobody saw him enter or leave the building. Children are taught not to talk to strange people. The language was strange to me. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Monday night’s Emmy Awards ceremony was an unsurprising mix of boring and strange and mostly forgettable, with the occasional funny moment or moving speech. Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2022 In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022 Another trait of Malaparte’s writing, which often alludes to painters (Chagall, Repin, Grosz and Bosch to name but a few), is his vivid way of expressing the strange and incongruous. Tobias Grey, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 One time, my wife and I were seated at a hibachi table with a very strange and uncouth man, his date and her two uncomfortable tween daughters. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 And the hope of turning this strange and unique opportunity into something truly Portland-esque doesn’t stop there.oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022 Those opening images of a helicopter chasing a dog across the ice are so strange and mysterious. Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022 Set on Halloween in 1968, this horror anthology is packed with strange and frightening tales. Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022 At the time, throngs of people had begun using the fourteeners as their own private proving ground for strange and unorthodox stunts. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French estrange, from Latin extraneus, literally, external, from extra outside — more at extra-