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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) |
