adj.
- Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre. See synonyms at strange.
- Strikingly unfamiliar.
- Located far from civilized areas.
- Archaic. Of foreign origin; not native.
outlandishness out·land'ish·ness n.
Dictionary:
out·land·ish (out-lăn'dĭsh)
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Word Overheard:
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"Outlandish" was the response of the White House to a Daily Mirror report that US President George Bush had planned to bomb the offices of Al-Jazeera television network in Qatar last year but was talked out of it by British PM Tony Blair:
"'We are not going to dignify something so outlandish with a response,' a White House official told CNN."
Link: U.S.: Al-Jazeera bomb story 'outlandish'
Posted November 24, 2005.
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Thesaurus:
outlandish |
adjective
Antonyms:
outlandish |
Definition: bizarre, very strange
Antonyms: common, commonplace, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual
Word Tutor:
outlandish |
Her mother appeared at dinner in such an outlandish costume that they didn't recognize her at first.
Translations:
outlandish |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - aparte, fremmedartet, sær, fjern, eksotisk
Nederlands (Dutch)
vreemd(soortig), afgelegen, bizar
Français (French)
adj. - bizarre
Deutsch (German)
adj. - seltsam, ausgefallen
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξενόφερτος, παράξενος, ασυνήθιστος, εξωτικός, μιξοβάρβαρος
Italiano (Italian)
straniero, bizzarro
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esquisito (m), bizarro (m)
Русский (Russian)
иностранный, странный, отдаленный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - extravagante, extraño, apartado, tosco
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sällsam, besynnerlig, fantastisk, avlägsen
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
外国气派的, 古怪的, 偏僻的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 外國氣派的, 古怪的, 偏僻的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이국풍의, 기이한, 시골구석의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 奇怪な, 異様な, 異国風の, へんぴな
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מוזר, משונה, זר
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