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strange and unusual and difficult to accept or like (Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric): an outlandish hairstyle/outfit  cambridge.org) ؛looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar (They came to watch a bunch of people dressed in ridiculous clothes and outlandish make-up run amok in a slapstick whirlwind of escapism. • The longer people went without answers, the more outlandish and bizarre their theories became. • At any rate, this all seems rather bizarre and outlandish - until you realise where the bodies are buried. • Many of your more bizarre or outlandish schemes will come to fruition. • But it proves that even their most outlandish ideas are underpinned by an intuitive grasp of what makes great pop. • Instead, their outlandish ideas were applauded, so they hit upon the notion of recording their next stunt on video. • At every turn, there he was, drawling something even more outlandish than his previous bizarre utterances. • So it shouldn't be an outlandish idea that personal missions drive what we do as journalists. • All sorts of people were allowed to lecture, some of them with quite outlandish ideas. • No matter how outlandish your idea is, it must be accepted if it holds up experimentally. • They wore outlandish clothes without fear of being laughed at by little boys on the bus. • Some people bowl because it gives them a license to go out, have a drink, wear outlandish clothes, and yell. • They do not think that victory requires outlandish luck, freakish circumstances, bizarrely compliant opposition. • Much of it is so ridiculous, so confused and generally outlandish that it often becomes comical. • All ideas, no matter how outlandish, will be considered. • It sounds like a headline from a supermarket tabloid, but the idea may not be as outlandish as it first appears. • But what really brings it to life is its gallery of outlandish, oddball and downright terrifying characters and creatures. • All around her, pupils are wearing the kind of outlandish clothes and hairstyles one would expect of teenagers anywhere in Europe. • The front-man has been trying to hide his thinning locks with a string of outlandish haircuts and colour treatments for years. • He makes outlandish comment, uses colourful language and generally does his homework. lexico.com) ؛extremely strange and unusual (an outlandish hairstyle macmillandictionary.com) ؛if you describe something as outlandish, you disapprove of it because you think it is very unusual, strange, or unreasonable (They appeared at parties in outlandish clothes. • This idea is not as outlandish as it sounds. collinsdictionary.com) ؛grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc. (collinsdictionary.com) ؛conspicuously unconventional, bizarre (thefreedictionary.com) ؛very odd, strange, or peculiar, fantastic, bizarre (collinsdictionary.com) ؛bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior (Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior: “Some of their approaches were outlandish,” Herbert said. • Planes typically crash for ordinary reasons, not outlandish ones. • In the days following the election, his rhetoric defied logic as he cited more and more outlandish accusations and echoed unverified Twitter accounts. • Indeed, lawyers for Mr. Trump’s reelection campaign, including Mr. Giuliani, distanced themselves from Ms. Powell last month amid facing scrutiny for her spouting outlandish allegations and conspiracy theories. • Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, called the premise of the lawsuit “outlandish.” • Mr. Trump spreads evermore outlandish claims about an invented conspiracy to steal the election and evermore desperate efforts to overturn the will of the people. • An unlikely friendship between the often outlandish footballer and the well-read revolutionary deepened at the start of the century when Maradona spent four years in Havana to shake an addiction to drugs. vocabulary.com) ؛strikingly out of the ordinary (an outlandish costume • the book filled with outlandish characters • spun some outlandish tales merriam-webster.com) ؛exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards (workers complain of outlandish hours • outlandish government specifications merriam-webster.com) |
