oddly compelling

Frequency: 5.52.4 per million words

Compelling in a strange or unexpected way.

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Examples (10)

  • The strange, distorted figures in the painting were oddly compelling.
  • I found the villain's monologue, full of flawed logic, to be oddly compelling.
  • The minimalist soundtrack, with its repetitive beat, was oddly compelling.
  • There's something oddly compelling about watching old, black-and-white silent films.
  • He had a quiet, almost unsettling presence that was oddly compelling.
  • The documentary about the obscure cult became oddly compelling the more you learned.
  • Her performance art piece, while bizarre, had an oddly compelling quality.
  • The abandoned factory on the edge of town was oddly compelling in its decay.
  • She couldn't explain why, but she found the protagonist's questionable decisions oddly compelling.
  • Despite its flaws, the video game has an oddly compelling gameplay loop that keeps you playing.