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bizarreness

Syllables: bi·zarre·nessUK/bɪˈzɑː.nəs//bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/

bizarreness noun: the state or quality of being bizarre.

Noun

bizarreness (usually uncountable, plural bizarrenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being bizarre.
    • The room's bizarreness was underscored by the massive rubber duck serving as a conference table.
    • Here doctors confront diseases that are obscure and vaguely medieval, the triumph over them further romanticized by the sheer bizarreness of the challenge.2007 June 18, Ginia Bellafante, “Doctor, Give Me the News, and Sew Me Up Pretty”, in New York Times
  2. (countable, usually) The result or product of being bizarre.

Synonyms of bizarreness

Forms of bizarreness

pluralbizarrenesses

Origin of bizarreness

From bizarre + -ness.

Questions about bizarreness

What does bizarreness mean?
Bizarreness means the state or quality of being bizarre.
What part of speech is bizarreness?
Bizarreness is a noun.
How do you pronounce bizarreness?
Bizarreness is pronounced /bɪˈzɑː.nəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of bizarreness?
The plural of bizarreness is bizarrenesses.

Words near bizarreness in the dictionary

  1. bizarre
  2. bizarre caddisflies
  3. bizarre caddisfly
  4. bizarre magic
  5. bizarrely
  6. bizarreness
  7. bizarrenesses
  8. bizarrer
  9. bizarrerie
  10. bizarreries
  11. bizarres

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