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Definition of Strange
Strange

Belonging to another country; foreign.

Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.

Not before known, heard, or seen; new.

Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.

Reserved; distant in deportment.

Backward; slow.

Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

Strangely.

To alienate; to estrange.

To be estranged or alienated.

To wonder; to be astonished.

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Strange Quotations

People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange.
Dave Eggers

We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
Erich Fromm

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.
Jim Morrison

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Henry David Thoreau

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Albert Einstein

Strange Translations

strange in Afrikaans is vreemd, eienaardig
strange in Danish is fremmed
strange in Dutch is buitenlands, vreemd, onwennig
strange in Finnish is vieras
strange in German is fremd, seltsam, sonderbar, fremde, fremd, seltsam
strange in Italian is strano, caratteristico, straniero, estroso
strange in Latin is insolitus, alienus
strange in Norwegian is fremmed
strange in Portuguese is estranho


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