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单词 off-kilter
释义

off-kilter

adjective

off-kil·​ter ˈȯf-ˈkil-tər How to pronounce off-kilter (audio)
1
: not in perfect balance : a bit askew
off-kilter camera angles
His hat was slightly off-kilter.
2
: eccentric, unconventional
off-kilter characters
an off-kilter approach

Synonyms

  • bizarre
  • bizarro
  • cranky
  • crazy
  • curious
  • eccentric
  • erratic
  • far-out
  • funky
  • funny
  • kinky
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • odd
  • off-the-wall
  • offbeat
  • out-of-the-way
  • outlandish
  • outré
  • peculiar
  • quaint
  • queer
  • queerish
  • quirky
  • remarkable
  • rum [chiefly British]
  • screwy
  • spaced-out
  • strange
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • way-out
  • weird
  • weirdo
  • wild
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Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

off-kilter

adjective

1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion he's nice enough, but there's something a little off-kilter about him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bizarre
  • strange
  • weird
  • funny
  • odd
  • erratic
  • peculiar
  • curious
  • eccentric
  • crazy
  • unusual
  • remarkable
  • quirky
  • offbeat
  • abnormal
  • funky
  • outré
  • wacky
  • unique
  • kooky
  • screwy
  • unconventional
  • outlandish
  • bizarro
  • weirdo
  • whacky
  • off-the-wall
  • wild
  • quaint
  • kinky
  • outrageous
  • queer
  • spaced-out
  • fantastical
  • kookie
  • cranky
  • queerish
  • far-out
  • extraordinary
  • way-out
  • uncommon
  • fantastic
  • out-of-the-way
  • rum
  • outstanding
  • freakish
  • atypical
  • freaky
  • aberrant
  • idiosyncratic
  • striking
  • freak
  • phantasmagoric
  • flaky
  • rare
  • noticeable
  • shocking
  • prominent
  • singular
  • conspicuous
  • unorthodox
  • phenomenal
  • puzzling
  • phantasmagorical
  • notable
  • baffling
  • bewildering
  • salient
  • uncustomary
  • perplexing
  • confounding
  • unwonted
  • mystifying
  • nonconformist
  • atrocious
  • out-there
  • addlepated
  • nonmainstream
  • crotchety

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • normal
  • usual
  • typical
  • ordinary
  • prosaic
  • unremarkable
  • routine
  • standard
  • average
  • commonplace
  • conventional
  • everyday
  • conservative
  • garden
  • familiar
  • unexceptional
  • predictable
  • workaday
  • run-of-the-mill
  • conformist
  • regular
  • common
  • frequent
  • customary
  • habitual
  • expected
  • knee-jerk
  • wonted
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2
as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side to me, the painting on the wall looks a little off-kilter

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tilted
  • uneven
  • oblique
  • crooked
  • askew
  • skewed
  • lopsided
  • awry
  • tipping
  • crazy
  • slanted
  • distorted
  • slanting
  • cockeyed
  • pitched
  • asymmetrical
  • listing
  • unbalanced
  • aslant
  • slantwise
  • out of plumb
  • atilt
  • unsymmetrical
  • off plumb
  • contorted
  • irregular
  • asymmetric
  • disordered
  • cock-a-hoop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • straight
  • regular
  • level
  • even
  • uniform
  • orderly
  • balanced
  • symmetrical
  • symmetric
  • ordered
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