bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination.

Extended response that contains additional detail that is irrelevant, repetitive or bizarre. Only a few years ago it would have sounded bizarre to call language a "resource," except in the …

Bizarre means markedly unusual or extraordinarily strange, sometimes whimsically so: bizarre costumes for Mardi Gras; bizarre behavior. Fantastic suggests a wild lack of restraint, a …

Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange. The game was also notable for the bizarre behaviour of the team's manager. You know, that book you lent me is really bizarre.

Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way. See Synonyms at fantastic. [French, from Italian bizzarro, extravagant, bizarre, from Old Italian, angry; akin to bizza, fit of …

Oct 8, 2025 · bizarre (comparative more bizarre or bizarrer, superlative most bizarre or bizarrest) Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an …

Definition of bizarre adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

unusual in appearance, style, or character: a bizarre coincidence. odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. bi•zarre′ness, n. weird, freakish, grotesque, ludicrous. See fantastic. In Lists: …

Esp. of a person, or a person's attributes or actions: grotesquely amusing or playful; absurd, fantastical. Looking or sounding foreign; unfamiliar, strange. Hence, in extended use: odd, …

Bizarre definition: Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.