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Synonyms for offbeat
Synonyms: Adjective
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
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Examples of offbeat in a Sentence
Adjective
She has an offbeat sense of humor. He often plays offbeat characters in his films. an offbeat approach to teaching The performance was refreshingly offbeat.
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The poetic empathy, the beautiful offbeat framing and unexpected transitions, and the magnificent handling of actors are all pure Campion. — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, "Books / Film / Foreign / History / On Video / Poetry Five literary biopics whose pictures are worth a thousand words," 30 May 2018 The Fringe is full of offbeat shows so there is no way to guarantee what every person will enjoy. — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando Fringe: Sentinel's Best of the Fest," 23 May 2018 Offbeat Sculpture Garden Sculpture gardens are like junk drawers: Seems like everybody—the Hammer, the Norton Simon, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—has one. — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, "Best of LA: 92 of Our Favorite Things to Eat, Do, and Buy Right Now," 14 July 2017 KC Fringe Festival July 20-30 at multiple venues Offbeat artists and performances will abound at the 13th annual event for experimental theater and much more. — Bill Brownlee And Dan Kelly,, kansascity.com, "Ink picks: 10 events not to miss in July," 28 June 2017 OREGON Offbeat Oregon History - Step off the beaten path with this podcast about true Oregon stories. — Rebeca Coleman, Smithsonian, "Learn the Secret History of Your State With These Addictive Podcasts," 18 Apr. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The movie’s own awkward meta clues — the videotape look, the offbeat music, willfully choppy editing — are signals we’ve been lured into an intellectual art exercise rather than something conventional. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘The Plagiarists’ is an adventurous comic thumping," 29 Aug. 2019 Visitors seem to thrive on the offbeat creativity of the setup. — Cian Maher, The Verge, "Welcome to Lower Duck Pond, a fake town of 82,000 people," 1 Aug. 2019 He's also been known to shift political positions on a dime and is a master of offbeat but shockingly effective politics. — Phil Boucher, Fortune, "What Can We Expect From Boris Johnson? Scandals, Screw-Ups, Quips, and Comebacks," 23 July 2019 Glasses of wine, selected by Wiechmann for their offbeat appeal, are $10. — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, "Welcome to T&B, a pizza parlor with polish in Somerville’s Union Square," 25 July 2019 Readers argued that with no formal background in ethics, Klosterman—best known for canny, offbeat books on music and technology—wasn’t qualified to make important moral judgments. — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, "Chuck Klosterman Doesn’t Believe in ‘Good Taste’," 18 July 2019 So just what might a fifth season of this offbeat comedy series be like? — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Rumor has it there’s a cunning plan to bring back Blackadder for fifth season," 1 July 2019 Cop Car, an offbeat crime film directed by Jon Watts and co-written by Watts and Christopher Ford. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Cop Car shows where Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts learned action and storytelling," 5 July 2019 This wonderfully offbeat horror drama always is full of delightful surprises. — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com, "Third season of ‘Stranger Things’ starts on Fourth of July," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'offbeat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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