The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
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Offbeat
/ˈɒfbiːt/
Synonyms for "offbeat" (115 found)
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freakyfree and easyfringygrotesquehardly likehereticalheterodoxhippieidiosyncraticinformalinnovativeirregularkinkymavericknonuniformnot cricketnot donenot koshernovelodd
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out-of-the-wayoutlandishoutrepeculiarpulsationpulsequaintqueerrarerecherchescarcely likesingularstepstrangesui generisthrobunalikeuncommonunconventionaluncustomary
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Adjective(10 words)
quirkiersecondary beatsporadicsyncopatedunaccented beatunconventionalunmetricalunorthodoxway-outweak beat
Noun(3 words)
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13 entriesbeatcharacter typemeter irregularitymusical rhythmmusical termnonconformitypattern irregularitypersonality typerhythmrhythmic conceptrhythmic deviationtiming irregularityunusualness
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11 entriescreative thinkereccentric conducterratic timingirregular meteroffbeat groovequirky artistquirky stylesporadic schedulingsyncopated rhythmsyncopationunconventional method
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7 entriesoffbeat approachoffbeat humoroffbeat musicoffbeat patternoffbeat rhythmoffbeat styleoffbeat tempo
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5 total sentences available.
No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
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Being an oddball, an offbeat, or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.
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In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby […]
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