ABNORMAL, ABNORMALITY, ABNORMALLY
also see ODD
ADJECTIVES
► ABB abnormal → 1991 US sl.
► ABERRANT abnormal, irregular, deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type → 1536
► ABERRATED aberrant, abnormal, distorted → 1786
► ABERRATIONAL abnormal, diverging from the norm → 1837
► ABORTIVES abnormalities, esp. freakish births → 1623 obs.
► ANOMAL deviating from what is normal or expected; irregular → 1525
► ANOMALAR deviating from what is normal or expected; irregular, abnormal → 1635 obs.
► ANOMALISTIC deviating from what is normal or expected → 1802
► ANOMALOUS deviating from what is normal or expected; irregular, abnormal → 1606
► ANORMAL abnormal, irregular, unusual, idiosyncratic → 1812
► DEVIANT abnormal, as in sexual behaviour → 1400
► ENORMOUS deviating from ordinary rule or type; abnormal, unusual → 1533 obs.
► EXORBITANT of powers, privileges, enactments: abnormal, not in accordance with general principle → 1460
► EXTRAVAGANT abnormal, unusual, strange; varying widely from what is usual or proper → 1650 obs.
► FREAK of an occurrence, event: abnormal, irregular, or unpredictable → 1893
► FREAKISH of an occurrence or event: abnormal, irregular, unpredictable → 1912
► IDIOSYNCRATIC abnormal, departing from the norm or convention → 1754
► IMPROPER abnormal, irregular → 1531
► JEWISH abnormal, odd → 1949 US sl.
► OFF abnormal; weird; crazy; eccentric → 1866 US sl.
► OFF-KEY acting in an unsuitable or inappropriate way, abnormal, peculiar → 1943
► OUTRÉ abnormal, unusual, peculiar; beyond the bounds of what is usual or considered correct and proper → 1722
► PRETERNATURAL abnormal, exceptional, unusual → 1580 obs.
► PRODIGIOUS unnatural, abnormal; freakish → 1569 arch.
► PUSHED OUT OF SHAME abnormal → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUPERNATURAL abnormal, extraordinary → 1537
► TERATOID abnormal; monstrous → 1866
► TWISTED a little abnormal, mentally or emotionally → 1967 US sl.
► UNCO-LIKE abnormal, strange → 1842 Sc.
► UNKINDLY abnormal; not unusual or natural for its kind → 1540 obs.
► WANTON abnormal, extraordinary; said of natural occurrences → 1743 obs.
► WICKED perverted, abnormal → 1384
ADVERBS
► DEFORMLY in an abnormal or unnatural manner → 1631 obs.
► DYSFUNCTIONALLY abnormally or maladjustedly → 1949
► PRETERNATURALLY abnormally, extraordinarily → 1588
► UNACCUSTOMARILY abnormally, unusually → 1634 obs.
► UNORDINARILY abnormally, unusually → 1574
NOUNS
► ABERRANCY deviation, abnormality → 1646
► ABERRATION 1. deviation, abnormality, departure from the norm → 1588
2. an abnormal state of mind; temporary impairment of reason → 1615
► ABNORMALISM a tendency to be abnormal; an abnormal state or condition → 1851
► ANORMALITY something that is abnormal or unusual → 1836 obs.
► ABNORMITY 1. abnormality, irregularity → 1724
2. an abnormal or irregular form or feature → 1822
► DEFECT a fault, flaw, or abnormality → 1450
► ENORMITY 1. something that is abnormal; an irregularity, eccentricity → 1513 obs.
2. divergence from a normal standard; abnormality, irregularity → 1538 obs.
► EXCEPTION, THE something abnormal or unusual → 1863
► EXTRAVAGANCY abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity → 1651 obs.
► FREAK an abnormal, irregular, or unpredictable occurrence → 1927
► FREAK OF NATURE an abnormal, irregular, or unpredictable occurrence → 1796
► ODDLING a thing abnormal or peculiar in a harmless, inoffensive way → 1941 Amer. dial.
► PRODIGY something abnormal or unnatural; an anomaly → 1595
► UNNATURALNESS abnormal or unusual character or condition → 1425
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABB an abnormal person; a weirdo → 1994 surfing sl. (Bk.)
► ABNORMALIST a person concerned with or interested in unusual or abnormal things → 1888
► DEVIATE a person who is markedly different from normal → 19C euphemism
► DING-A-LING a person who is mentally abnormal or crazy → 1944 Amer. dial.
► FREAK a person having an unusual physical abnormality → 1810 offensive
► FREAK OF NATURE a person having an unusual physical abnormality → 1796 offensive
► KINK a sexually abnormal person, an eccentric → 1965 US sl.
► MESS an abnormal person → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► MIND-TRIPPER an odd, abnormal, or eccentric person → 1975 US students’ & teen sl.
► ODDLING a person abnormal or peculiar in a harmless, inoffensive way → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SICK PUPPY an abnormal, deviant, or deranged person → 1948 sl., chiefly US
► TULIP a person whose looks or behaviour mark them as abnormal → 1991 Irish sl.
VERBS
► ABNORMALIZE to make abnormal → 1849
► ACT UP to act in an abnormal or exaggerated manner → 1879
► DERANGE to cause something to function abnormally → 1745