Antonyms for oddities


Grammar : Noun
Spell : od-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒd ɪ ti


Definition of oddities

Origin :
  • 1713, "odd characteristic or trait," a hybrid from odd + -ity. Meaning "odd person" is first recorded 1748.
  • noun abnormality
  • noun person who is very different
Example sentences :
  • I suppose you will write to the oddities, since you are forbid to see them.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Hence, with all his oddities, he was very indulgent to his associates.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
  • Nobody but Beulah ever looks at Uncle William's collection of oddities.
  • Extract from : « Watch the Sky » by James H. Schmitz
  • As we say of each other's freaks and oddities, it was his way, I suppose.
  • Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
  • He had a cheerful temper and an imagination that was a very wilderness of oddities.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • He was a carpenter by trade and his oddities were new and delightful.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • Anyhow, I am not responsible for the oddities of the human psychology.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • Many efforts have been made to discover some model for Lyly's oddities.
  • Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
  • They may have some oddities of behavior, and some peculiarities of temper.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World » by Anonymous
  • He was as full of contradictions as he was of oddities, and no one knew how to take him.
  • Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for oddities

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