Awful and Strange

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Awful adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Strange and awful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strange" instead an adjective "Awful".

Nearby Word: awfully

Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

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Awful and strange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awful" instead an adjective "Strange".

Nearby Words: strangeness, stranger, strangely

A few episode of Needs More Gay have this, usually when referring to a movie that's so ludicrously awful or strange, such as Marci X and the as-of-yet unfinished White Chicks sequel, that one has to be reassured that they do, in fact, exist.

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Also subverted by Dan O'Brien's article "4 Things I Wish I'd known as an awkward High schooler" where he notes how awful and strange high school is and his article "4 Signs of adulthood for reluctant grown-ups" where he talks about the benefits of adulthood that await after high school.

Source: Best Years of Your Life
Del Prete sounds awful in Argentina Spanish names, like Manuel, Luis, Jorge, and such, but the Walker has a very strange name: Tamas Dorkas.

Source: Literature / Crónicas del Ángel Gris

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