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weird

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weird  (wîrd)
adj. weird·er, weird·est
1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural.
2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.
3. Archaic Of or relating to fate or the Fates.
n.
1.
a. Fate; destiny.
b. One's assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil.
2. often Weird Greek & Roman Mythology One of the Fates.
tr. & intr.v. weird·ed, weird·ing, weirds
Slang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.

[Middle English werde, fate, having power to control fate, from Old English wyrd, fate; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

weirdly adv.
weirdness n.
Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly
These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature. Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: "The person of the house gave a weird little laugh" (Charles Dickens). "There is a weird power in a spoken word" (Joseph Conrad).
Something eerie inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: "At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Uncanny refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: "The queer stumps ... had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures" (John Galsworthy).
Something unearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: "He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din" (Henry Kingsley).

weird
Adjective
1. strange or bizarre
2. suggestive of the supernatural; uncanny [Old English (ge)wyrd destiny]
weirdly adv
weirdness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Weird - fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
Adj.1.weirdweird - suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"
2.weird - strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

weird
adjective 1. strange, odd, unusual, bizarre, ghostly, mysterious, queer, unearthly, eerie, grotesque, supernatural, unnatural, far-out (slang) uncanny, spooky (informal) creepy (informal) eldritch (poetic) << OPPOSITE normal
Translations
weird [wɪəd] adjraro, extraño

weird [wɪəd] adjbizarre (= eerie); surnaturel(le)

weird [wɪəd] adj [object, situation, effect] → komisch; [person] → seltsam

weird [wɪəd] adjstrano/a, bizzarro/a (= eerie); soprannaturale

weird
adj weird [wiəd]
odd or very strange a weird story; She wears weird clothes. vreemd غَريب чудат podivný, výstřední underlig seltsam παράξενος, αλλόκοτος extraño, raro kummaline غيرعادي kummallinen bizarre מוּזָר निराला čudan, neobičan furcsa aneh annarlegur, dularfullur strano, bizzarro 奇妙な 초자연적인, 이상한 keistas dīvains; mistisks aneh, ganjil, pelik vreemd eiendommelig, merkelig, nifs dziwaczny estranho ciu­dat, bizar странный; причудливый čudný, zvláštny; výstredný čuden čudan konstig แปลกประหลาด acayip, garip 古怪的 чудний, чудернацький انوکھا kỳ lạ
adv weirdly
aardig بِغَرابَه странно podivně underligt unheimlich παράξενα, αλλόκοτα extrañamente kummaliselt بطرز غيرعادي oudosti bizarrement בְּאוֹפֶן מוּזָר निरालेपन से čudno, neobično különösen secara aneh annarlega stranamente, bizzarramente 奇妙に 이상하게, 불가사의하게 keistai dīvaini dengan aneh vreemd selsomt, merkelig, nifst dziwacznie estranhamente (în mod) bizar странно zvláštne čudno čudno konstigt อย่างแปลกประหลาด acayip bir şekilde 古怪地 чудернацьки انوکھے انداز سے một cách kỳ lạ
n weirdness
aardigheid غَرابَه странност výstřednost besynderlighed das Unheimliche η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. παράξενο(ς), αλλόκοτο(ς) cualidad de extraño, rareza kummalisus غرابت omituisuus étrangeté מוּזָרוּת निरालापन neobičnost rejtelmes/különös/furcsa jelleg keanehan annarleiki stranezza, bizzarria 奇妙さ 이상함, 불가사의 keistumas dīvainība; dīvainums keanehan vreemdheid selsomhet; uhyggelighet dziwaczność estranheza ciudăţenie, stranietate странность výstrednosť nenavadnost čudnost konstighet ความแปลกประหลาด acayiplik 古怪 чудернацькість انوکھا پن sự kỳ lạ


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Afterwards doubting his parentage he inquired of the Delphic god and heard himself the weird declared before to Laius.
BY a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE - out of TIME.
For a minute he stood thus and then there broke from his lips the long, weird cry of ape calling to ape and he was away through the jungle toward the sound of the booming drum of the anthropoids leaving behind him an awakened and terrified village of cringing blacks, who would forever after connect that eerie cry with the disappearance of their white prisoner and the death of their fellow-warrior.
 
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