off-the-wall

adjective

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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restaurants of bizarre design—one like a hat, another like a rabbit

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famed for his eccentric spelling

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a freakish combination of styles

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his off-the-wall antics

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the outlandish clothes of teenagers

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outre and affected stage antics

• Syn:

↑bizarre, ↑eccentric, ↑freakish, ↑freaky, ↑flaky, ↑flakey, ↑gonzo, ↑outlandish, ↑outre

• Similar to: ↑unconventional

• Derivationally related forms: ↑outlandishness (for: ↑outlandish), ↑flakiness (for: ↑flakey), ↑flakiness (for: ↑flaky), ↑freakishness (for: ↑freakish), ↑eccentricity (for: ↑eccentric), ↑bizarreness (for: ↑bizarre)

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ \ adjective

: highly unusual : bizarre

an off-the-wall sense of humor

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/awf"dheuh wawl", of"-/, adj. Informal.

markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.

[1970-75]

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off-the-wall UK US adjective

strange, often in a funny or interesting way

off-the-wall humour

Thesaurus: unusual in a strange way_synonym

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off-the-wall «AWFTH uh WAWL, OF-», adjective,or off the wall,

U.S. Informal. not customary or usual; unconventional: »

Brian knows how to startle the over-interviewed with off-the-wall questions that get surprising answers: Ever see a ghost? What makes you cry? (National Review).

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adj [more \off-the-wall; most \off-the-wall]

informal : very unusual or strange

She has an off-the-wall sense of humor.

Some of his ideas are really off-the-wall.