abnormal
Syllables: ab·nor·malUK/ˌæbˈnɔː.məl//ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/
abnormal adjective: not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Adjective
abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 6, in A Duet
- Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was...1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition...
- Synonyms:
- aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, preternatural, strange, unusual
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.1904, Jack London, chapter 23, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
- Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161
Noun
abnormal (plural abnormals)
- A person or object that is not normal.
abnormal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
abnormal in Hindi
- not conforming to rule or system
- असामान्य asāmānya, असाधारण asādhāraṇ
abnormal in Tamil
- இயல்பிகந்த, இயல்விதிக்கு மாறான, மாறுபட்ட, பிறழ்ந்த, இயல்பு பிறழ்
abnormal in Urdu
- غیرمعمولی, خلاف معمول, مقام, مستثنیٰ, شاذ
abnormal in Malayalam
- abnormal
- അസാധാരണം asādhāraṇaṁ, അസാധാരണ asādhāraṇa
More languagesFewer languages
- abnormal in Kannada
- ಓಜೆತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಎಂದಂತಿರದ, ಅಸಹಜ, ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ
- abnormal in Arabic
- غَيْر طَبِيعِيّ ḡayr ṭabīʕiyy
- abnormal in Malay
- abnormal
- abnormal in Indonesian
- abnormal
- abnormal in Persian
- غیر عادی ġeyre 'âddi, ناهنجار nâhanjâr, آنرمال ânormâl
Examples of abnormal in a sentence
- Menstruating patients and those with abnormal uterine bleeding should be careful to avoid undersupplementation of iron.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abnormal hieratic.
- Patients with no blood loss (e.g., no menstruation, no abnormal bleeding) should be mindful to avoid oversupplementation of iron.
Synonyms of abnormal
Forms of abnormal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more abnormal |
| superlative | most abnormal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | anormal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | abnormous |
| Noun | |
| plural | abnormals |
Origin of abnormal
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).
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Phrases with abnormal
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Questions about abnormal
- What does abnormal mean?
- Abnormal means not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- What is abnormal in Hindi?
- Abnormal in Hindi is असामान्य (asāmānya), असाधारण (asādhāraṇ). See Abnormal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abnormal?
- Abnormal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce abnormal?
- Abnormal is pronounced /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/ (UK).
Words near abnormal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abnormal (page history and authors); abnormal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അസാധാരണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); abnormal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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