make strange
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.
Example Sentences
- "Come to Granny. You must surely be making strange, with all these foreign faces huffing and puffing around you, you poor little precious diddledums."
- "At a certain age, usually around 8 or 9 months, varying from child to child, most (but not all) children start making strange, meaning they become shy or even hysterical when held or touched by people they do not know well."
- "When children present with separation anxieties, they visibly ‘make strange’ or become distressed when separated from their parents or caregivers."