Strange in an interesting or pleasing way.

Roget 83: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous^†; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.    unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon; rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary; strange, monstrous; wonderful etc. 870; unexpected, unaccountable; outre [Fr.], out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy; queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui generis [Lat.]; unfashionable; fantastic, grotesque, bizarre; outlandish, exotic, tombe des nues [Fr.], preternatural; denaturalized^†.    heterogeneous, heteroclite [Gramm.], amorphous, mongrel, amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid; androgynous, androgynal^†; asymmetric etc. 243; adelomorphous^†, bisexual, hermaphrodite, monoclinous^†.    qualified etc. 469.    singular, unique, one-of-a-kind.    newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled.    ... show more

Roget 572: concise, brief, short, terse, close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious etc. (compendium) 596; succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.    ... show more

Roget 845: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive etc. (inviting) 615; delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny [Scot.]; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical etc. (regular) 242; harmonious etc. (color) 428; sightly.    fit to be seen, passable, not amiss.    goodly, dapper, tight, jimp^†; gimp; janty^†, jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy^†.    bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom.    brilliant, shining; beamy^†, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek.    rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious.    artistic, artistical^†; aesthetic; picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre [Fr.]; well-composed, well grouped, well varied; curious.    enchanting etc. (pleasure-giving) 829; becoming etc. (accordant) 23; ornamental etc. 847.    undeformed, undefaced, unspotted; spotless etc. (perfect) 650.    ... show more

Roget 853: ridiculous, ludicrous; comical; droll, funny, laughable, pour rire, grotesque, farcical, odd; whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear; fanciful, fantastic, queer, rum, quizzical, quaint, bizarre; screaming; eccentric etc. (unconformable) 83; strange, outlandish, out of the way, baroque, weird; awkward etc. (ugly) 846.    extravagant, outre, monstrous, preposterous, bombastic, inflated, stilted, burlesque, mock heroic.    drollish; seriocomic, tragicomic; gimcrack, contemptible etc. (unimportant) 643; doggerel; ironical etc. (derisive) 856; risible.    ... show more

Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance.

Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic):
— Houses with quaint thatched roofs.

synonyms: old-time, olde worlde.