(idiomatic, especially of small children) To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.

simple past tense and past participle of make strange

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make strange

(physics) The antiquark corresponding to the strange quark.

plural of anti-strange quark

(simile, dated, of two or more people) Wary and unfriendly; on the verge of a fight.

Any species of toad in the genus Xenophrys, which have a strange protuberance on their forehead.

(US, simile) Having a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation.

comparative form of strange: more strange

A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. / An outsider or foreigner. / One not admitted to communion or fellowship. / A newcomer.