outré
adjective
[ ˈuːtreɪ ]
• unusual and typically rather shocking.
• "the composer's more outré harmonies"
Similar:
weird,
queer,
outlandish,
offbeat,
far out,
freakish,
grotesque,
quirky,
zany,
eccentric,
off-centre,
idiosyncratic,
unconventional,
unorthodox,
funny,
bizarre,
fantastic,
unusual,
extraordinary,
strange,
unfamiliar,
unknown,
unheard of,
alien,
foreign,
peculiar,
odd,
curious,
atypical,
irregular,
anomalous,
deviant,
abnormal,
quaint,
out of the way,
ludicrous,
preposterous,
way-out,
wacky,
freaky,
kooky,
screwy,
kinky,
oddball,
cranky,
off the wall,
in left field,
bizarro,
singular,
Origin:
French, literally ‘exceeded’, past participle of outrer (see outrage).
