buitenissig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cloying adj So much of something that it becomes unpleasant.
- eccentric adj Behaving in an unconventional or slightly odd way; not following normal habits.
- effusive adj Showing feelings in an unrestrained, over-the-top way.
- extravagant adj Spending much more money than necessary; lavish or wasteful.
- freakish adj Strange, abnormal, or bizarre in an unsettling way.
- outlandish adj Extremely unusual, bizarre, or far removed from normal experience.
Senses
buitenissig is used for these senses in English:
- cloying Unpleasantly excessive.
- eccentric (physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
- effusive Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
- extravagant Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- freakish Resembling a freak.
- off-the-wall (idiomatic) Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
- out there (informal) Extreme; radical; far removed from the ordinary; crazy, nutty, loony.
- outlandish Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange. [from late 16th c.]
cloying — full definition
- adj So much of something that it becomes unpleasant.
- adj Unpleasantly sweet, in a sickly way.
eccentric — full definition
- adj Behaving in an unconventional or slightly odd way; not following normal habits.
- adj Not centered on the same point as something else; off-center.
- noun A person whose behavior or habits are unusual or quirky.
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