peculiar
adjective/pɪˈkjuliər/
Frequency rank: #6,293 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Strange or unusual in a way that is hard to explain.
Example sentence
There is something peculiar about the way he laughs at serious moments.
Synonyms & related words
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