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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him
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as in strange
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following
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Recent Examples of bizarro
By contrast, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference felt like a portal to a bizarro dimension where Joe Frazier was still alive and Trump had won the election.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The most recent bizarro episode in the current election might explain why.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
While the real song was written by McCartney, who then enlisted Wonder to sing it with him, Hosking’s bizarro telling of the story begins with Wonder crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a row boat to visit McCartney for no particular reason.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2024
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The most recent bizarro episode in the current election might explain why.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Worst of all, Phillips has intentionally or unintentionally created a bizarro, humorless version of My Cousin Vinny.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
While the real song was written by McCartney, who then enlisted Wonder to sing it with him, Hosking’s bizarro telling of the story begins with Wonder crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a row boat to visit McCartney for no particular reason.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bizarro
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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These are strange, unqualified people whose already worrisome scandals seem to have their own sub-scandals.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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But in the spirit of offering a teaser, Blair Fell’s novel follows two best friends who spend the summer of 1989 at the titular gay vacation destination only to fall in with some strange house cleaners who turn out to be part of a coven.Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
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The industry is in a weird place, people are really hesitant to take chances on things ... who knows, maybe one day.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The salad is vegetal and luxe and weird, a bright spot in an otherwise underlit room.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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There have been hints here and there in Pokémon Masters, for example, that Steven and Wallace might be in some kind of romantic relationship.Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Amid civil unrest and human rights violations, the dictator also sent his wife private sketches of valentine hearts and links to romantic country music songs.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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Watch out for appearances from awesome real-life funny people like Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman and Aubrey Plaza in this super-funny-yet-super-sad gem.Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Newsweek readers have also been sending funny and adorable videos and pictures of their pets for our weekly Newsweek Pet of the Week line-up.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The mountain ranges on my globe – the Sierra Nevada, closest to me; the Himalayas, so exotic! – were eventually rubbed flat.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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With the concept of tribal alliances still exotic at this early stage of the show’s evolution, the Pagong tribe members were a mess of conflicting agendas and illusions about making voting decisions based on integrity and other such nonsense.Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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All three have been very up-front about the fact that these entreaties are not welcome, and Trump’s continued insistence can only be read as straying from odd towards threat.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Although its moniker may sound odd, Hungry Mother State Park, fabled to be named after a mother searching for food for her child, is one of Virginia’s oldest state parks.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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Public health officials are urging residents who may have fed their pets Monarch raw products or other raw meat or dairy products, and who may have noticed their pet acting peculiar — lethargic, loss of motor control, drooling, etc. — to immediately contact their veterinarian.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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And—as the disorder’s apt name suggests—many of these peculiar symptoms match much of what Alice experienced after stumbling her way into Wonderland.Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Bizarro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bizarro. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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