bizarre

UK: /bɪˈzɑː^r/ US: /bɪˈzɑr/ ,(bi zär′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

bi•zarre /bɪˈzɑr/   adj. 

1. unusual in appearance, style, or character:
   a bizarre coincidence.

bi•zarre•ly, adv. 
bi•zarre•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

bi•zarre  (bi zär′), adj. 

1. markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements;
   outrageously or whimsically strange;
   odd:
   bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior.

• Italian bizzarro lively, capricious, eccentric, first attested (ca. 1300) in sense "irascible''; of disputed origin, originally
• French
• 1640–50

bi•zarre′ly, adv. 
bi•zarre′ness, n. 
Synonyms

weird, freakish, grotesque, ludicrous. See fantastic. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bizarre / bɪˈzɑː/ adjective

1. odd or unusual, esp in an interesting or amusing way

Etymology: 17th Century: from French: from Italian bizzarro capricious, of uncertain origin

biˈzarreness noun