PECULIAR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • markedly different from the usual
   Usage Example(s)
   • a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats
   • a man…feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman-Virginia Woolf
   Similar To
   • unusual (what does unusual mean?)
2. Meaning
   • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
   Synonym(s)
   • curious (what does curious mean?)
   • funny (what does funny mean?)
   • odd (what does odd mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • rum (what does rum mean?)
   • rummy (what does rummy mean?)
   • singular (what does singular mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a curious hybrid accent
   • her speech has a funny twang
   • they have some funny ideas about war
   • had an odd name
   • the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
   • something definitely queer about this town
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   Similar To
   • strange (what does strange mean?)
   • unusual (what does unusual mean?)