off-the-wall

Speech parts

1. off-the-wall - Adjective

2. off-the-wall - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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Alternative names

off the wall

Synonyms

gonzo eccentric bizarre outlandish flaky freakish freaky outre flakey kinky dotty daft mad weird queer
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Antonyms

orthodox old-fashioned common established received standard
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Related terms

bounce off the walls

Examples

Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. Morley Safer

Jimmy Brown made headlines recently for his off-the-wall talk of an NFL comeback at 47. That's a shame because people who never saw Jimmy Brown in his prime will think of him only as a dotty middle-aged man on a colossal ego trip. Jim Brown

Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they? Hillary Clinton

My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall. Daniel Radcliffe

I'm never going to be in something as commercially successful as 'Harry Potter' ever again. It's impossible. So that gives me incredible freedom to go off and make the slightly off-the-wall films that I want to make. Daniel Radcliffe

I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun! Taylor Swift

Close letter words and terms

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