peculiar

Universal Words adjective 1 strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying: a peculiar smell / taste * There was something peculiar in the way he smiled. * I had a peculiar feeling we'd met before. * Her behaviour was a peculiar mixture of the sophisticated and the childlike. * He died in very peculiar substances. * For some peculiar reason, she refused to come inside. * The peculiar thing was that no one mentioned her disappearance. * They behaved in a very peculiar way. compareODD 2 ~ (to sb/sth) belonging or relating to one particular place, situation, person, etc., and not to others: a humour that is peculiar to American sitcoms * a species of bird peculiar to Asia * He has his own peculiar style which you'll soon get used to. * the family's peculiar importance in the affair * the peculiar properties of mercury 3 (BrE, informal) slightly ill: I don't think I'll eat anything-I'm feeling a bit peculiar.