quirky

quirky
Synonyms and related words:
abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, capricious, crank, crankish, cranky, crotchety, deviant, deviative, different, divergent, dotty, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, fey, flaky, freakish, funny, harebrained, humorsome, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky, kooky, maggoty, moody, motiveless, notional, nutty, odd, oddball, peculiar, petulant, queer, screwball, screwy, singular, strange, temperamental, twisted, unconventional, unnatural, unreasonable, unrestrained, vagarious, vagrant, wacky, wanton, wayward, whimsical

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  • Quirky — Quirk y (kw[ e]rk [y^]), a. Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quirky — (adj.) 1806, shifty, from QUIRK (Cf. quirk) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Sense of idiosyncratic first recorded 1960. Related: Quirkiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • quirky — [adj] eccentric bizarre, far out*, freakish, freaky*, idiosyncratic, in left field*, kinky*, odd, off the wall*, out of the ordinary, outre, peculiar, strange, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, wacky*, way out*, weird; concept 401 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • quirky — UK [ˈkwɜː(r)kɪ] / US [ˈkwɜrkɪ] adjective Word forms quirky : adjective quirky comparative quirkier superlative quirkiest slightly strange She has a quirky sense of humour …   English dictionary

  • quirky — [[t]kwɜ͟ː(r)ki[/t]] quirkier, quirkiest ADJ GRADED Something or someone that is quirky is rather odd or unpredictable in their appearance, character, or behaviour. We ve developed a reputation for being quite quirky and original... Derived words …   English dictionary

  • quirky — adjective Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies. She has a quirky laugh …   Wiktionary

  • quirky — adj. Quirky is used with these nouns: ↑personality, ↑sense of humour …   Collocations dictionary

  • quirky — quirk|y [ˈkwə:ki US ə:r ] adj unusual, especially in an interesting way ▪ I like his quirky sense of humour. >quirkily adv >quirkiness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quirky — quirk|y [ kwɜrki ] adjective slightly strange: She has a quirky sense of humor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • quirky — adjective strange and unusual, in an unexpected way: The music was a quirky mixture of jazz and classical violins. quirkily adverb quirkiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • quirky — quirk ► NOUN 1) a peculiar behavioural habit. 2) a strange chance occurrence: a quirk of fate. 3) a sudden twist, turn, or curve. DERIVATIVES quirkish adjective quirky adjective (quirkier, quirkiest) …   English terms dictionary

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