aberrant
adjectiveDeparting from the usual or expected pattern.
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Clear all filtersDeparting from the usual or expected pattern.
Straying from the proper course, position, or expected behavior.
Overflowing with energy, joy, or enthusiasm.
Obviously and seriously wrong or offensive.
A formal promise of security or fulfillment, often covering another person's obligation.
Unwilling to accept views, behavior, or people regarded as different or objectionable.
Unwilling to accept differences
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Not justified by sufficient reason or evidence.
Lacking sufficient justification
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To officially recognize a person or organization as meeting particular standards.
Full of energy, movement, or lively expression.
Inconsistent with what is usual or expected.
A statement or promise intended to establish confidence or remove doubt.
Different from the usual pattern or type.
Unlike the usual type
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To give or confer something, often as an honor.
Unreasonably intolerant of people or opinions outside one's own group or beliefs.
Very obvious and conspicuous, usually in an offensive or improper way.
To admit a point or yield something after resistance.
Admit or yield
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Departing from an accepted or expected standard, sometimes with a disapproving implication.
Overflowing with cheerful energy and enthusiasm.
Overflowing with enthusiasm
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Expressing feelings with great enthusiasm and little restraint.
Unrestrained in expression
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Exceptionally and conspicuously bad.
To protest or denounce something loudly and forcefully.
Uncalled for or without adequate reason; also given without charge.
Uncalled for
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Understood or suggested without being stated directly.
Overly willing to satisfy someone's wishes or excuse their behavior.
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