BIZARRENESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

bizarreness

noun

Definition of bizarreness

as in strangeness

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Recent Examples of bizarreness The bizarreness didn’t stop there. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 June 2026 Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025

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Noun

But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
The result is a book whose strangeness can only be experienced, not expressed.

— Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Definition of strangeness

Noun

Mandarin is the language of formal schooling in China since middle school, and the result, as Li describes it, is a generation that speaks its ancestral dialect with growing unfamiliarity.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
Even a short period can act as an emotional and mental buffer, allowing your brain to re-adjust from the excitement and unfamiliarity of the road back to a standard, daily schedule.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 17 June 2026

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