| 单词 | outre |
| 释义 | outre (once / 32294 pages) adj Outre things are eccentric or shockingly strange. Your outre outfit might be fine to wear to a Halloween party but less appropriate for a job interview. The adjective outre is often spelled with its French accent: outré. In French, this word means "exaggerated, excessive, or extreme," and is a past participle of the verb outrer, "to carry to excess or overdo," from outre, "beyond." If something is beyond what's considered normal or ordinary, it's outre: "His one-man play was so bizarrely outre that the audience didn't know how to respond." WORD FAMILYoutre: outrer USAGE EXAMPLESShe subscribes to Vogue and is a fan of Vivienne Westwood, the outre designer who set the tone for London's 1970s punk movement. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) When traditional tactics foundered, the activists staged a series of outré demonstrations to capture attention. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) So they didn’t – which foreshadowed the way they would acquiesce to Trump, in spite of his barrage of outré comments and policies. Salon(Nov 06, 2016) adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual outre and affected stage antics Syn bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish unconventional not conventional or conformist |
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