Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
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Aberrant
//əˈbɛɹ.ənt//
Synonyms for "aberrant" (254 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Adjective(16 words)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (76)
Related words (127)
labyrinthinemazymeanderingnot donenot rightnot the thingnot trueoddoffoff baseoff coloroff the trackoff-baseoff-coloroutout of lineout-of-lineout-of-the-waypeccantpeculiar
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Adjective(55 words)
licentiousmonstrousnonstandardobsceneoddoffbeatout of the ordinaryoutlandishoutrépeculiarperversepervertedprodigiousprofligatequaintqueerqueer as a clockwork orangequeer as a cootqueer as a nine bob notequeer as a three dollar bill
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Noun(2 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- زائِغ adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- شاذّ adj (deviating from the norm)
- ضالّ adj (straying from the right way)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отклоняващ се adj (straying from the right way)
Catalan
2 entries- aberrant adj (straying from the right way)
- aberrant adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 畸變 /畸变 adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Czech
2 entries- aberující adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- scestný adj (straying from the right way)
Dutch
4 entries- aberrant adj (straying from the right way)
- afwijkend adj (straying from the right way)
- afwijkend adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- atypisch adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Finnish
4 entries- epätavallinen adj (deviating from the norm)
- hairahtunut adj (straying from the right way)
- harhaileva adj (straying from the right way)
- harhautunut adj (straying from the right way)
French
2 entries- aberrant adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberrant adj (straying from the right way)
German
3 entries- aberrante adj (straying from the right way)
- Abtrünniger m/Abtrünnige noun (person wandering from the rest of the group)
- Abweichler m/Abweichlerin noun (person wandering from the rest of the group)
Indonesian
3 entries- menyimpang adj (deviating from the norm)
- menyimpang adj (straying from the right way)
- menyimpang adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Italian
3 entries- aberrante adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberrante adj (straying from the right way)
- aberrante adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Lakota
1 entries- šigšíl adj (straying from the right way)
Malay
1 entries- menyimpang adj (deviating from the norm)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- aberrant adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberrant adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- avvikende adj (deviating from the norm)
- ualminnelig adj (deviating from the norm)
Persian
2 entries- ابیراه adj (straying from the right way)
- گمراه adj (straying from the right way)
Polish
2 entries- dziwaczny adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- nienormalny adj (deviating from the norm)
Portuguese
3 entries- aberrante adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberrante adj (straying from the right way)
- aberrante adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Romanian
2 entries- aberant adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberant adj (straying from the right way)
Russian
3 entries- аберра́нтный adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- отклоня́ющийся от но́рмы adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- сби́вшийся с пути́ adj (straying from the right way)
Spanish
4 entries- aberrante adj (deviating from the norm)
- aberrante adj (straying from the right way)
- anormal adj (straying from the right way)
- anómalo adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Swedish
1 entries- avvikande adj (deviating from the norm)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khác thường adj (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
- lầm lạc adj (straying from the right way)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom's aberrant thinking persists.
Source: tatoeba (10107996)
The ctenophores are by no means aberrant jellyfish, which they resemble only in the extreme tenuousness of their bodies. They have no umbrellas and no stinging cells.
Source: tatoeba (12171121)
The essence of the existence of the aberrant, psychopathic world elite is parasitism, influencing, controlling, using and exploiting others, striving for world domination, power over birth and death, and playing God.
Source: tatoeba (13587716)
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