aberrant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (Canada, US)
- /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (UK)
- ă-bĕr′-ənt
- ăb′ər-ənt
- /əˈbeɹ.ənt/ (Australia)
- /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (Australia)
- (Southern-England) audio
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- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.
Meanings
- Differing from the norm.
- (figuratively, sometimes) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
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Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more aberrant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most aberrant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
right · desertful · chaste · uprighteous · decorous · common-and-garden · plain vanilla · delicate · workaday · expected · normal · normal · run-of-the-mill · wakeaday · continent · moral · straight · standard issue · unstrange · right · typical · regular · deserving · meritorious · congruent · average · basic · consistent · straight · commonplace · good · usual · everyday · bog-standard · dutiful · decent · vulgar · right-minded · correct · righteous · whole-souled · routine · plain · honest · par · customary · common · virtuous · quotidian · continuous · duteous · noble · standard · true · improminent · medial · modest · unremarkable · conventional · ordinary · mundane · regular · innocent · garden variety · natural · unexceptional · well-intentioned · virtual · common-or-garden · upstanding · worthy · correct · par for the course
Deriveds
aberrantly · aberrant salience · aberrancy · aberrant conduction · nonaberrant · aberration · aberrational · aberrance · unaberrant
Synonyms
unusual · indecorous · freak · unconventional · unexpected · rummy · lost · incongruitous · unseemly · errant · undutiful · extraordinary · dissolute · booky · reprobate · quaint · obscene · incongruous · eerie · questionable · queer as a coot · peculiar · queer as a nine bob note · devious · iniquous · bizarre · singular · queer as Dick's hatband · unscrupulous · anomalous · trippy · outré · as queer as Dick's hatband · outlandish · errant · unwonted · nonstandard · aberrant · immoral · queer · unreasonable · abnormal · rum · freaky · depraved · hinky · unrighteous · dirty-handed · seld · unusual · strange · nought · yampy · abnormal · corrupt · unworthy · fremd · unprincipled · freakish · weirdsome · perverted · profligate · queer as a three dollar bill · selcouth · deviant · rare · odd · perverse · funny · exceptional · discrepant · indecent · uncouth · uncommon · ungodly · unearthly · aberrant · errant · weird · curious · uncanny · improper · out of the ordinary · licentious · corrupted · heteroclite · iniquitous · forby · exceptional · kooky · unethical · monstrous · unjust · fey · immodest · immoral · incontinent · alien · effete · wrong · eldritch · irregular · unduteous · queer as a clockwork orange
Translations (58)
cmn 畸變 /畸变 (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · ar ضالّ (straying from the right way) · fr aberrant (straying from the right way) · fr aberrant (deviating from the norm) · nl onconventioneel (deviating from the norm) · it aberrante (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · fi poikkeava (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · pl dziwaczny (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · es anómalo (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · sv avvikande (deviating from the norm) · ca aberrant (straying from the right way) · nb aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · id menyimpang (straying from the right way) · fi epätavallinen (deviating from the norm) · nb uvanlig (deviating from the norm) · pt aberrante (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · lkt šigšíl (straying from the right way) · pl nienormalny (deviating from the norm) · es aberrante (straying from the right way) · nl aberrant (straying from the right way) · id menyimpang (deviating from the norm) · nb avvikende (deviating from the norm) · nl uitzonderlijk (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · vi khác thường (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · nb ualminnelig (deviating from the norm) · pt aberrante (deviating from the norm) · ar شاذّ (deviating from the norm) · fa گمراه (straying from the right way) · ru отклоня́ющийся от но́рмы (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · ms menyimpang (deviating from the norm) · it aberrante (straying from the right way) · cs scestný (straying from the right way) · nl afwijkend (straying from the right way) · es aberrante (deviating from the norm) · ro aberant (straying from the right way) · vi lầm lạc (straying from the right way) · fi hairahtunut (straying from the right way) · ru сби́вшийся с пути́ (straying from the right way) · nb unormal (deviating from the norm) · fa ابیراه (straying from the right way) · fi harhaileva (straying from the right way) · nl afwijkend (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · fi poikkeava (deviating from the norm) · ro aberant (deviating from the norm) · nb aberrant (deviating from the norm) · bg отклоняващ се (straying from the right way) · pt aberrante (straying from the right way) · es anormal (straying from the right way) · de aberrante (straying from the right way) · nl atypisch (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · fi harhautunut (straying from the right way) · id menyimpang (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · es atípico (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · ca aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · it aberrante (deviating from the norm) · cs aberující (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · ru аберра́нтный (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) · ar زائِغ (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)