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- pronunciation:
- aeb
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
different from the normal or usual; not typical. (Cf. irregular.)
The patient had an abnormal growth on his neck.Fear of changing to a new school is not abnormal for children.Such a severe reaction is abnormal in patients taking this drug.- synonyms:
- aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, eccentric, irregular
- antonyms:
- natural, normal, typical
- similar words:
- bizarre, deviate, divergent, exceptional, heterodox, odd, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, unusual, wayward, weird
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related words: |
eccentric, inhuman, irregular, peculiar, perverted, queer |
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derivation: |
abnormally (adv.) |
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