Meaning & use
bizarre
Very strange, unusual, or unexpected in a way that is hard to explain.
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They witnessed a bizarre sight: dozens of frogs raining down during the storm.
His bizarre excuse for missing the meeting left everyone completely speechless.
A note on using this word
Bizarre often implies something so strange it borders on unbelievable, stronger than a plain word like 'unusual.'
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