Definitions for: Abnormal

[adj] much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"
[adj] not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
[adj] (psychology) departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ab*nor"mal, a. [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL.
anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. abnormis. See
Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.]
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. ``That deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. '' --Froude.

Synonyms: aberrant, anomalous, antidromic, atypical, brachydactylic, brachydactylous, defective, deviant, exceptional(a), freakish, immoderate, irregular, kinky, perverted, subnormal, supernormal, vicarious

Antonyms: normal

See Also: insane

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