bizarro

adjective

bi·​zar·​ro bə-ˈzär-ō 

: characterized by a bizarre, fantastic, or unconventional approach

bizarro noun

Synonyms

• bizarre
• cranky
• crazy
• curious
• eccentric
• erratic
• far-out
• funky
• funny
• kinky
• kooky
• kookie
• odd
• off-kilter
• off-the-wall
• offbeat
• out-of-the-way
• outlandish
• outré
• peculiar
• quaint
• queer
• queerish
• quirky
• remarkable
• rum [chiefly British]
• screwy
• spaced-out
• strange
• wacky
• whacky
• way-out
• weird
• weirdo
• wild

Examples of bizarro in a Sentence

the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him

a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following

Recent Examples on the Web

Of course, this somehow managed to just further inflame the growing culture war in the dairy aisle, as raw milk has steadily become a bizarro totem for a coalition that spans the conservative to the crunchy. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024

Servais was fired a week later, taking the fall for an offense that has struggled against almost everyone this season, including the Tigers’ bizarro bullpen. —Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024

But what sets Bader apart from his fellow contextual malcontents, and perhaps what makes his art so likeable and thereby effective, is a consistent throughline of bizarro humor. —Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024

By contrast, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference felt like a portal to a bizarro dimension where Joe Frazier was still alive and Trump had won the election. —Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

extension of bizarre entry 1, probably after Bizarro, grotesque duplicate of Superman in the Superman comic-book series who inhabits a "bizarro world"

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above