| strange | | |
| adj. | 1. strange, unusual | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" |
| ~ antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque | ludicrously odd.; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" |
| ~ crazy | bizarre or fantastic.; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat" |
| ~ curious, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, funny, singular, odd | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.; "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"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" |
| ~ eery, eerie | inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening.; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl" |
| ~ exotic | strikingly strange or unusual.; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet" |
| ~ freaky | strange and somewhat frightening.; "the whole experience was really freaky" |
| ~ gothic | characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'" |
| ~ oddish | somewhat strange. |
| ~ other | very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected.; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail" |
| ~ quaint | strange in an interesting or pleasing way.; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" |
| ~ quaint | very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance.; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"; "a quaint sense of humor" |
| ~ weird | strikingly odd or unusual.; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow" |
| adj. | 2. strange, unknown | not known before.; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" |
| ~ unfamiliar | not known or well known.; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings" |
| adj. | 3. foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" |
| ~ adventive | not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized.; "an adventive weed" |
| ~ exotic, alien | being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" |
| ~ nonnative | of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing. |
| ~ naturalized, established | introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation. |
| ~ foreign-born, nonnative | of persons born in another area or country than that lived in.; "our large nonnative population" |
| ~ imported | used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source.; "imported wines" |
| ~ tramontane | being or coming from another country.; "tramontane influences" |
| ~ unnaturalised, unnaturalized | not having acquired citizenship. |
| wonder | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. admiration, wonder, wonderment | the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising. |
| ~ amazement, astonishment | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.; "he looked at me in astonishment" |
| ~ awe | an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" |
| n. (event) | 2. marvel, wonder | something that causes feelings of wonder.; "the wonders of modern science" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. curiosity, wonder | a state in which you want to learn more about something. |
| ~ cognitive state, state of mind | the state of a person's cognitive processes. |
| ~ desire to know, lust for learning, thirst for knowledge | curiosity that motivates investigation and study. |
| ~ interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.; "an interest in music" |
| ~ curiousness, inquisitiveness | a state of active curiosity. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. enquire, inquire, wonder | have a wish or desire to know something.; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" |
| ~ query, question | pose a question. |
| ~ request | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| v. (communication) | 5. question, wonder | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" |
| ~ chew over, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ scruple | have doubts about. |
| v. (communication) | 6. marvel, wonder | be amazed at.; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| marvel | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. marvel | express astonishment or surprise about something. |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| look for | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| ~ dredge, drag | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. |
| ~ finger | search for on the computer.; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| ~ fumble, grope | feel about uncertainly or blindly.; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" |
| ~ divine | search by divining, as if with a rod.; "He claimed he could divine underground water" |
| ~ surf, browse | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular.; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" |
| ~ leave no stone unturned | search thoroughly and exhaustively.; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer" |
| ~ hunt | seek, search for.; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them" |
| ~ gather | look for (food) in nature.; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" |
| ~ want | hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" |
| ~ scour | examine minutely.; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" |
| ~ seek out | look for a specific person or thing. |
| ~ quest after, quest for, go after, pursue | go in search of or hunt for.; "pursue a hobby" |
| ~ fish, angle | seek indirectly.; "fish for compliments" |
| ~ grub | search about busily. |
| ~ feel | grope or feel in search of something.; "He felt for his wallet" |
| ~ browse, shop | shop around; not necessarily buying.; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. anticipate, look for, look to | be excited or anxious about. |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| ~ quail at, apprehend | anticipate with dread or anxiety. |
| remedy | | |
| n. (act) | 1. redress, remediation, remedy | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. |
| ~ correction, rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. |
| ~ salve | anything that remedies or heals or soothes.; "he needed a salve for his conscience" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
| ~ treatment, intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). |
| ~ acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness. |
| ~ antidote, counterpoison | a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. |
| ~ emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. |
| ~ lenitive | remedy that eases pain and discomfort. |
| ~ lotion, application | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.; "a lotion for dry skin" |
| ~ magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease.; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. |
| ~ alleviant, palliative, alleviator | remedy that alleviates pain without curing. |
| ~ catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. |
| ~ preventative, preventive, prophylactic | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease.; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" |
| v. (change) | 3. amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ correct, right, rectify | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| v. (body) | 4. relieve, remedy | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
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