Outlandish
adjective
Something or someone is strange, unusual, or bizarre in a surprising or shocking way.
He came to the party dressed in an outlandish outfit.
Often appears as...
- outlandish behaviour
- outlandish clothes
adjective
Not used or accepted by most people; different from what is usual or expected.
Her outlandish proposal surprised everyone at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- outlandish proposal
- outlandish concept
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Looking or sounding strange or shocking compared to what is usually seen or heard.
His outlandish remarks during the interview made everyone uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- outlandish remarks
- outlandish statements
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Something or someone is strange, unusual, or bizarre in a surprising or shocking way.
He came to the party dressed in an outlandish outfit.
Often appears as...
- outlandish behaviour
- outlandish clothes
adjective
Not used or accepted by most people; different from what is usual or expected.
Her outlandish proposal surprised everyone at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- outlandish proposal
- outlandish concept
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Looking or sounding strange or shocking compared to what is usually seen or heard.
His outlandish remarks during the interview made everyone uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- outlandish remarks
- outlandish statements
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Shock Factor
Use 'outlandish' when you want to emphasize how shocking or unexpected something appears.
The artist's outlandish performance left the audience speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprising Style
Describe colorful and bold fashion or style choices that stand out as 'outlandish'.
She wore outlandish neon boots to the somber event.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Differences
'Outlandish' might reflect cultural contrasts, what's normal in one culture could be 'outlandish' in another.
His outlandish customs fascinated the locals.
Pro Tip 1/3Shock Factor
Use 'outlandish' when you want to emphasize how shocking or unexpected something appears.
The artist's outlandish performance left the audience speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprising Style
Describe colorful and bold fashion or style choices that stand out as 'outlandish'.
She wore outlandish neon boots to the somber event.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Differences
'Outlandish' might reflect cultural contrasts, what's normal in one culture could be 'outlandish' in another.
His outlandish customs fascinated the locals.
Pro Tip 1/3Shock Factor
Use 'outlandish' when you want to emphasize how shocking or unexpected something appears.
The artist's outlandish performance left the audience speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprising Style
Describe colorful and bold fashion or style choices that stand out as 'outlandish'.
She wore outlandish neon boots to the somber event.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Differences
'Outlandish' might reflect cultural contrasts, what's normal in one culture could be 'outlandish' in another.
His outlandish customs fascinated the locals.
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Derek Paravicini and...
you're invited to come and sing it first, and then he'll pick it up." So just be thoughtful before you suggest something too outlandish. But seriously, would anyone like to choose a piece? Choose a piece. Choose, choose, would you like to choose? Because it's quite dark. You'll just have to shout out. Would you like to hear me play?
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How we can design...
helps you with your fitness when you walk. Or remember those big ladder fire trucks? What if we could replace them and all the asphalt that comes with them with drones and robots that could rescue people from burning buildings? And if you think that's outlandish, you'd be amazed to know
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Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was...
but if you look at the popular imagery of the time, not so outlandish. This is actually a real advertisement for rat poison from the late 1800s. And if you see under the word "Clears" -- very small -- it says, "They must go," which refers not only to the rats,
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How the NSA betrayed the...
that these parties, these service providers, are not cooperating. Instead, they've been hacked. That would explain it. They aren't cooperating. They've been hacked. In this case, they've been hacked by their own government. That might sound outlandish,
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The spear-wielding stork...
But researchers were proposing much more outlandish forms of hibernation well into the 19th century. Barn swallows were said to remove their feathers and hibernate in holes, or sleep through the winter at the bottom of lakes and rivers.
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Can you outsmart this...
the more resonant details are added to an outlandish story, the more plausible it begins to seem. But ultimately, the likelihood a story is true can never be greater than the probability that its least likely component is true.
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Why is Aristophanes...
where he learns how to prove that wrong is right and that a debt is not a debt. No matter how outlandish these plays get, the heroes always prevail in the end. Aristophanes also became the master of the parabasis,
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Finger Food with Fingers...
gonna bite you thank you very tasty what type of roaches are ya cockroaches are just one of many outlandish ingredients Jeanne brings into the kitchen the eyeballs are soft olive oil will poach some of these
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How I made friends with...
I have this -- not a scientist myself -- but an uncanny ability to understand everything about science, except the actual science -- which is math. But the most outlandish concepts make sense to me.
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Why do you get a fever...
In 1917, doctors proposed an outlandish treatment for syphilis, the incurable bacterial infection that had ravaged Europe for centuries.
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Derek Paravicini and...
you're invited to come and sing it first, and then he'll pick it up." So just be thoughtful before you suggest something too outlandish. But seriously, would anyone like to choose a piece? Choose a piece. Choose, choose, would you like to choose? Because it's quite dark. You'll just have to shout out. Would you like to hear me play?
Video examples
How we can design...
helps you with your fitness when you walk. Or remember those big ladder fire trucks? What if we could replace them and all the asphalt that comes with them with drones and robots that could rescue people from burning buildings? And if you think that's outlandish, you'd be amazed to know
Video examples
Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was...
but if you look at the popular imagery of the time, not so outlandish. This is actually a real advertisement for rat poison from the late 1800s. And if you see under the word "Clears" -- very small -- it says, "They must go," which refers not only to the rats,
Video examples
How the NSA betrayed the...
that these parties, these service providers, are not cooperating. Instead, they've been hacked. That would explain it. They aren't cooperating. They've been hacked. In this case, they've been hacked by their own government. That might sound outlandish,
Video examples
The spear-wielding stork...
But researchers were proposing much more outlandish forms of hibernation well into the 19th century. Barn swallows were said to remove their feathers and hibernate in holes, or sleep through the winter at the bottom of lakes and rivers.
Video examples
Can you outsmart this...
the more resonant details are added to an outlandish story, the more plausible it begins to seem. But ultimately, the likelihood a story is true can never be greater than the probability that its least likely component is true.
Video examples
Why is Aristophanes...
where he learns how to prove that wrong is right and that a debt is not a debt. No matter how outlandish these plays get, the heroes always prevail in the end. Aristophanes also became the master of the parabasis,
Video examples
Finger Food with Fingers...
gonna bite you thank you very tasty what type of roaches are ya cockroaches are just one of many outlandish ingredients Jeanne brings into the kitchen the eyeballs are soft olive oil will poach some of these
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How I made friends with...
I have this -- not a scientist myself -- but an uncanny ability to understand everything about science, except the actual science -- which is math. But the most outlandish concepts make sense to me.
Video examples
Why do you get a fever...
In 1917, doctors proposed an outlandish treatment for syphilis, the incurable bacterial infection that had ravaged Europe for centuries.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Imagine a world, if you will, where crime does not exist. A startling proposition that seems outlandish, but our imaginations, of course, need not be bounded by the rules and restrictions imposed by realism. It would be a world, one might suppose, where equality reigned, where the thought of violence was so alien that it need not be practiced.
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Phil Lord
American Producer
Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.
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Roman Coppola
American Director
There are a lot of very flamboyant and outlandish people and attention-seekers in L.A., and I think that's what makes L.A. appealing. A lot of people are attracted to come here to do things and make things happen and the city seems to attract larger-than-life characters.
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Sophia Bush
American Actress
Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention.
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Blake Lively
American Actress
There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. That's just encouraging and inspiring.
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Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I don't believe that the world is that crazy that they have nothing to better to do with their time than send me emails and tell me these outlandish stories. So I've started to plot the communities that have come to me on a map.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
Humans are born with a hard-wired morality: a sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. I know this claim might sound outlandish, but it's supported now by research in several laboratories.
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Jason Biggs
American Actor
I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.
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Kate Burton
Welsh Actress
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.
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Allison Janney
American Actress
I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Imagine a world, if you will, where crime does not exist. A startling proposition that seems outlandish, but our imaginations, of course, need not be bounded by the rules and restrictions imposed by realism. It would be a world, one might suppose, where equality reigned, where the thought of violence was so alien that it need not be practiced.
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Phil Lord
American Producer
Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.
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Roman Coppola
American Director
There are a lot of very flamboyant and outlandish people and attention-seekers in L.A., and I think that's what makes L.A. appealing. A lot of people are attracted to come here to do things and make things happen and the city seems to attract larger-than-life characters.
Quote examples
Sophia Bush
American Actress
Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention.
Quote examples
Blake Lively
American Actress
There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. That's just encouraging and inspiring.
Quote examples
Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I don't believe that the world is that crazy that they have nothing to better to do with their time than send me emails and tell me these outlandish stories. So I've started to plot the communities that have come to me on a map.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
Humans are born with a hard-wired morality: a sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. I know this claim might sound outlandish, but it's supported now by research in several laboratories.
Quote examples
Jason Biggs
American Actor
I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.
Quote examples
Kate Burton
Welsh Actress
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.
Quote examples
Allison Janney
American Actress
I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.
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