BIZARRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bizarre mean? 

• BIZARRE (adjective)
  The adjective BIZARRE has 1 sense:

1. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

  Familiarity information: BIZARRE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIZARRE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Synonyms:

bizarre; eccentric; flakey; flaky; freakish; freaky; gonzo; off-the-wall; outlandish; outre

Context example:

outre and affected stage antics

Similar:

unconventional (not conventional or conformist)

Derivation:

bizarreness (strikingly out of the ordinary)

 Context examples 

Cellular atypism, invasion into adjacent tissue, large nucleus with prominent nucleoli, mitotic figures are numerous and may be bizarre.

(Hepatocellular Carcinoma of the Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of multiple bizarre multinucleated giant cells.

(Laryngeal Giant Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare histological variant of glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) with a predominance of bizarre, multinucleated giant cells, an occasionally abundant stromal reticulin network, and a high frequency of TP53 mutations.

(Giant Cell Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

It is highly malignant with fulminant clinical course, bizarre histologic appearance and poor prognosis.

(Giant Cell Carcinoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The neoplasm is characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.

(Childhood Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Nuclei bizarre and multilobated, 20 microns or greater, nucleoli prominent, chromatin clumped.

(Fuhrman Grade 4, NCI Thesaurus)

Giant Cell Glioblastoma is a histological variant of Glioblastoma with a predominance of bizarre, multinucleated giant cells, an occasionally abundant stromal reticulin network and a high frequency of TP53 mutations.

(Mouse Giant Cell Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts, multivacuolated lipoblast-like cells, bizarre ganglion-like cells with inclusion-like nuclei, myxoid stroma formation, and a mixture of acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrate.

(Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A high grade sarcoma occurring almost exclusively in adults and consisting of bizarre polygonal, round and spindle cells which display evidence of skeletal muscle differentiation.

(Pleomorphic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Sherlock Holmes was rubbing his hands and chuckling as he added this bizarre incident to his collection of strange episodes.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)