WORD OF THE DAY - STRANGE

Thesaurus-Synonyms-- STRANGE

'strange' adjective not as you would usually expect, or not of a kind that you know about or easily recognize, and so causing you to feel surprise, wonder, or sometimes fear: He says he heard strange noises in the night. * άγνωστος: παράδοξος, αλλόκοτος, παράξενος, που δύναται να προκαλεί έκπληξη, απορία ή και φόβο

[bizarre] startlingly strange, very unlike what is normal and often grotesque: Her behaviour was so bizarre that I began to think she might need psychiatric help. * αλλόκοτος, παράξενος, παράδοξος,
σε βαθμό γκροτέσκο

[curious] unusual enough to arouse your interest or make you think: It’s curious that he’s never mentioned her before.
* παράξενος, περίεργος, αλλόκοτος, που προξενεί ενδιαφέρον ή περίσκεψη

[odd] curious or strange, sometimes amusingly strange: Does it make me look odd if I wear a red jacket and a yellow waistcoat?
* παράξενος, παράδοξος: διασκεδαστικά ιδιόρρυθμος, εκκεντρικός

[outlandish] strange and ridiculous, often through being exaggerated in some way: He made some outlandish claim about being related to the royal family. * εξωτικός, αλλόκοτος, ανοίκειος, καινοφανής, σε βαθμό γελοίου

[peculiar] strange or curious: There was a peculiar smell coming from the kitchen. * ασυνήθης, παράξενος, παράδοξος: ιδιόμορφος, χαρακτηριστικός

[queer]* strange in a way that is often worrying or unpleasant: I had a queer feeling that someone was watching me. * (δυσάρεστα ή ανησυχητικά) αλλόκοτος, παράδοξος, παράξενος, «περίεργος»
*Be careful about using queer to describe people, as it is also sometimes used informally to mean homosexual.

[surreal] very strange and of the kind that you might see in a dream or nightmare: surreal images. * υπερρεαλιστικός, σουρεαλιστικός

[weird] very strange, usually in a rather frightening way and often in a way that suggests the supernatural: Don’t you think it’s weird that he went for a walk in the woods one day and just disappeared. * αφύσικος, αλλόκοτος, απόκοσμος: ανατριχιαστικός, φρικαλέος

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS