oddness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈɑd.nəs/
:
extrañeza
- The oddness of his behavior made everyone wonder what he was thinking.
But you know, you were in Austin, a town that was more, you know, kind of open to oddness or, you know, weirdness, right?
- But you know, you were in Austin, a town that was more, you know, kind of open to oddness or, you know, weirdness, right?
- You're marked that way because by mining your uniqueness, your weirdness, your oddness, your little quirky tastes, you're going to contribute something new to the culture.
- But just as a side note, you have to admit that there's a particular oddness about a such as humanism, atheism and agnosticism are things that you are not.
Examples
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Yeah, I'll leave her a note just to compound the oddness.
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Please excuse their oddness.
Blog text (25) -
The oddness of the taste kind of played into the magical.
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It's just a buffet of oddness.
Fiction book (2002) -
At first, my mind decided to interpret the oddness as ridiculous fears.
Blog text (21) -
Despite my oddness, there is a good rapport between us.
Academic text (1996) -
The oddness of the question haunted him because, on one level, it didn't matter; they were separate now.
Fiction book (1996) -
I like the composition and the oddness of the rural landscape juxtaposed with the urban world of business.
Blog text (21) -
Being a forty-five myself and a feminist, I was reluctant to blame her increasing oddness on menopause.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're marked that way because by mining your uniqueness, your weirdness, your oddness, your little quirky tastes, you're going to contribute something new to the culture.
Synonyms
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4.6
Being very strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
15
7.8
Unusual behavior or habits that are different from what most people do
14
6.1
An unusual feature that makes someone or something different
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5.5
The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain
12
5.9
An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
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5.2
Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results
3
5.6
An unusual but pleasant way of behaving
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5.3
A funny, strange way of acting that surprises and makes people laugh
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7.5
Doing things in a new or unusual way
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6.9
A state of being very strange or unusual that surprises people
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5.2
A quality of being hard to understand and making people curious
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9.9
A very strange, unexplained event often linked to paranormal activity
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6.9
How different or rare something is compared with what people expect
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6.1
A quality of being strange or unexpected, like odd weather
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7.5
A quality of being very strange or different from most people
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8.4
Being very unusual in appearance, ideas, or behavior
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8.0
A strange way of behaving that is often funny or surprising
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7.7
The quality of being very unusual and making someone or something stand out
A state of being mysterious and hard to understand
A strange, mysterious feeling that makes you feel uneasy or surprised
A state of being different from what is usual or expected
A state of being very different from what is normal
Very unusual actions or things that attract attention
A quality of being very different or much better than normal
Antonyms
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oddness comes from the word odd, which once meant a 'left over' or a 'single' thing that did not match the rest, so oddness now means 'strangeness' or being not normal.