Meaning of make strange | Babel Free

Definitions

To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.

especially, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level