Oddball — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person with an unusual or odd personality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɑːdbɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɒdbɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɒdbɔːl/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɑːdbɔːl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

geek eccentric person flake eccentric

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

seltsam

eine Person mit einer ungewöhnlichen oder seltsamen Persönlichkeit

🇫🇷French

excentrique

une personne avec une personnalité inhabituelle ou étrange

🇪🇸Spanish

bicho raro

una persona con una personalidad inusual o extraña

🇮🇹Italian

strano

una persona con una personalità insolita o strana

🇳🇱Dutch

vreemde eend in de bijt

een persoon met een ongebruikelijke of vreemde persoonlijkheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

excêntrico

uma pessoa com uma personalidade incomum ou estranha

🇷🇺Russian

чудак

человек с необычной или странной личностью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विचित्र

असामान्य या विचित्र व्यक्तित्व वाला व्यक्ति

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒற்றைப்பந்து

அசாதாரண அல்லது ஒற்றைப்படை ஆளுமை கொண்ட ஒரு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

బేసి బాల్

అసాధారణ లేదా బేసి వ్యక్తిత్వం కలిగిన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઓડબોલ

અસામાન્ય અથવા વિચિત્ર વ્યક્તિત્વ ધરાવતી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೆಸ ಚೆಂಡು

ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಬೆಸ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഓഡ്ബോൾ

അസാധാരണമോ വിചിത്രമോ ആയ വ്യക്തിത്വമുള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇵🇰Urdu

اوڈ بال

ایک غیر معمولی یا عجیب شخصیت والا شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

古怪的

性格不寻常或奇怪的人

🇯🇵Japanese

変わり者

普通ではない、または奇妙な性格を持つ人

🇰🇷Korean

괴짜

특이하거나 이상한 성격을 가진 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kỳ quặc

một người có tính cách khác thường hoặc kỳ quặc

🇹🇭Thai

คี่บอล

บุคคลที่มีบุคลิกไม่ปกติหรือแปลก

🇮🇩Indonesian

eksentrik

seseorang dengan kepribadian yang tidak biasa atau aneh

🇲🇾Malay

ganjil

seseorang yang mempunyai personaliti yang luar biasa atau ganjil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غريب الأطوار

شخص ذو شخصية غير عادية أو غريبة

🇮🇷Persian

توپ عجیب و غریب

فردی با شخصیت غیرعادی یا عجیب

🇹🇷Turkish

tuhaflık

alışılmadık veya tuhaf bir kişiliğe sahip bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוזר

אדם בעל אישיות יוצאת דופן או מוזרה

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