bizarre

Modifying Another Word

• frankly: And some of the advice doled out during the hunt is frankly bizarre Fiona from HR has software installers on her desktop!
• downright: Cruel Site of the Day - This site features a cruel site for the day - ranging from the painful to the downright bizarre.
• utterly: For some utterly bizarre reason, it often seems like everyone in the world has heard of Paperboy.
• somewhat: Unfortunately, with twenty-three minutes completed, the USA fell behind in somewhat bizarre circumstances.
• truly: The U.S. paper industry has managed to come up with a truly bizarre way of specifying the density of paper.
• rather: A rather bizarre group of Gospel Singers provided a contract in styles.

Infinitive complement

• say: I have to admit I found the whole thing rather bizarre to say the least.
• think: It's bizarre to think this movie would even attempt this.

Modifies a noun

• twist: It was a bit like Durham Miners Gala with a bizarre twist.
• coincidence: But is it the ghost of the former occupant or just a series of bizarre coincidences?
• ritual: In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace.
• creature: Bright red starfish, giant predatory worms, huge sea spiders and many other bizarre creatures are extremely sensitive to global change.
• spectacle: This bizarre spectacle seems to confirm that America is becoming a military theocracy - again, a truly Medieval concept.
• sight: The first large animal I saw was one of the most bizarre sights I have ever witnessed.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Pressing the yellow button to back up seems bizarre to me - what is wrong with the back up button?
• appear: Dramatic disturbance in thoughts, feelings and behavior, which may appear bizarre to others, may be classified as psychosis.
• sound: It sounds bizarre to talk about car engines sang in music but it doesn't sound bizarre.
• look: They both looked bizarre now: totally equine apart from their heads which still looked entirely human.
• become: As the courses become more bizarre with each serving, the tone of the play adopts an increasingly sinister feel.
• get: And so the saga of the BBC screening the Jerry Springer opera gets even more bizarre.