Strange
//stɹeɪnd͡ʒ//
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The word "strange" can be used as adjective, verb, adjective, noun and proper noun.
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bestrange fact is stranger than fiction get some strange like a cat in a strange garret make strange strange as it may seem strange bedfellow strange bird strange fruit strange matter strange minds think alike strange quark strange star strange to say strange woman strange-horned toad strangelet strangeling strangely strangen strangeness strangeonium tame strange truth is stranger than fiction
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adventive alien antic crazy crazy curious eerie eerie eery established exotic exotic fantastic fantastical fantastical foreign-born freaky freaky funny funny gothic gothic grotesque imported naturalized nonnative odd oddish oddish other other peculiar quaint quaint queer rum rummy singular tramontane unfamiliar unfamiliar unnaturalised unnaturalized weird weird
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