dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/biz_MW.json

{
  "bizarre":{
    "antonyms":[
      "realistic",
      "reasonable"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flower with atypical striped marking":[],
      ": involving sensational contrasts or incongruities":[
        "the bizarre timidity of a tall, strapping young man"
      ],
      ": odd, extravagant, or eccentric in style or mode":[
        "His behavior was bizarre .",
        "bizarre stories",
        "a bizarre outfit"
      ],
      ": strikingly out of the ordinary: such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "I just heard the most bizarre story.",
      "She wore a bizarre outfit.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But to be discussed in this way was really bizarre to me. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
      "The images are variously goofy, charming, solemn, moving, puzzling, forthright, bizarre , deadpan, upright, offbeat, patriotic, startling, mundane, and, of course, frequently marvelous. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
      "Hollywood has seen some strange stories over the years, but what happened last week was incredibly bizarre , even by movie business standards. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 2 May 2022",
      "Well, well [00:03:00] like more than a year after all of these restrictions had ended, which seems bizarre to me. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "But the media, particularly on the right, have presented a steady drip of news about the more bizarre ideas. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "The turn of the 20th century saw a dizzying array of wellness gurus and gospels, some far more bizarre and groundless than a ban on kissing. \u2014 John Last, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
      "The bizarre incident highlights an aspect of air travel and commerce that many passengers are likely unaware of \u2014 that commercial airliners carry a lot more than just humans and the mail from point A to point B. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
      "If the path of the tapes at this juncture was already odd, their journey from that point forward was nothing short of bizarre . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Monsoon storms also bring a variety of other bizarre and often amusingly named weather threats, including haboobs, downbursts, gustnadoes, earth fissures and landslides. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Meatball short film aside, this is a great distillation of Sherman's bizarre , off-putting body humor. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "China\u2019s Bored Wukong collection, which launched in November last year, is an anthology of 390 cartoon monkey portraits in which each ape sports a bizarre and, to some degree, unique array of accessories. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "In 2018, the podcast famously (or notoriously) made headlines when Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared, sipping whiskey and smoking weed with Rogan for a bizarre , 2.5-hour live interview. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The 212 bronze, iron and granite sculptures examine the human form, ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre . \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "For mainstream media outlets, which endlessly covered Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign as a bizarre and (for them, at least) lucrative spectacle, Trump\u2019s fitful public re-emergence is something of a test. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "There\u2019s a mix of the old-fashioned bizarre with rampant, of-the-moment social anxiety. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Vulture , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1648, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Italian bizzarro":"Adjective",
      "noun derivative of bizarre entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bizarre Adjective fantastic , bizarre , grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. dreamed up fantastic rumors bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones. grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile",
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "crazy",
      "fanciful",
      "fantastic",
      "fantastical",
      "foolish",
      "insane",
      "nonsensical",
      "preposterous",
      "unreal",
      "wild"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182445",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bizarro":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by a bizarre , fantastic, or unconventional approach":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him",
      "a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The Arctic has gone so bizarro that lightning\u2014a warm-weather phenomenon most common in the tropics\u2014is now striking near the North Pole. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1971, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "extension of bizarre entry 1 , probably after Bizarro, grotesque duplicate of Superman in the Superman comic-book series who inhabits a \"bizarro world\"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r-\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bizarre",
      "cranky",
      "crazy",
      "curious",
      "eccentric",
      "erratic",
      "far-out",
      "funky",
      "funny",
      "kinky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "odd",
      "off-kilter",
      "off-the-wall",
      "offbeat",
      "out-of-the-way",
      "outlandish",
      "outr\u00e9",
      "peculiar",
      "quaint",
      "queer",
      "queerish",
      "quirky",
      "remarkable",
      "rum",
      "screwy",
      "spaced-out",
      "strange",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "way-out",
      "weird",
      "weirdo",
      "wild"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081859",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}