weird

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.

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

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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.

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weird

Adjective

1. strange or bizarre

2. suggestive of the supernatural; uncanny [Old English (ge)wyrd destiny]

weirdly adv
weirdness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Weird - fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters Wyrd Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
Adj.	1.	weird - 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 eldritch, uncanny, unearthly 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"

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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

2. bizarre, odd, strange, unusual, queer, grotesque, unnatural, creepy (informal) outlandish, freakish << OPPOSITE ordinary

Translations

weird [wɪəd] adj → raro, extraño

weird [wɪəd] adj → bizarre (= eerie); surnaturel(le)

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

weird [wɪəd] adj → strano/a, bizzarro/a (= eerie); soprannaturale

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weird

adj weird [wiəd]

odd or very strange a weird story; She wears weird clothes.vreemdغَريبчудатpodivný, výstředníunderligseltsamπαράξενος, αλλόκοτοςextraño, rarokummalineغيرعاديkummallinenbizarreמוּזָרनिरालाčudan, neobičanfurcsaanehannarlegur, dularfullurstrano, bizzarro奇妙な초자연적인, 이상한keistasdīvains; mistisksaneh, ganjil, pelikvreemdeiendommelig, merkelig, nifsdziwacznyestranhociu­dat, bizarстранный; причудливыйčudný, zvláštny; výstrednýčudenčudankonstigแปลกประหลาดacayip, garip古怪的чудний, чудернацькийانوکھاkỳ lạ古怪的

adv ˈweirdly

aardigبِغَرابَهстранноpodivněunderligtunheimlichπαράξενα, αλλόκοταextrañamentekummaliseltبطرز غيرعاديoudostibizarrementבְּאוֹפֶן מוּזָרनिरालेपन सेčudno, neobičnokülönösensecara anehannarlegastranamente, bizzarramente奇妙に이상하게, 불가사의하게keistaidīvainidengan anehvreemdselsomt, merkelig, nifstdziwacznieestranhamente(în mod) bizarстранноzvláštnečudnočudnokonstigtอย่างแปลกประหลาดacayip bir şekilde古怪地чудернацькиانوکھے انداز سےmột cách kỳ lạ古怪地

n ˈweirdness

aardigheidغَرابَهстранностvýstřednostbesynderligheddas Unheimlicheη ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. παράξενο(ς), αλλόκοτο(ς)cualidad de extraño, rarezakummalisusغرابتomituisuusétrangetéמוּזָרוּתनिरालापनneobičnostrejtelmes/különös/furcsa jellegkeanehanannarleikistranezza, bizzarria奇妙さ이상함, 불가사의keistumasdīvainība; dīvainumskeanehanvreemdheidselsomhet; uhyggelighetdziwacznośćestranhezaciudăţenie, stranietateстранностьvýstrednosťnenavadnostčudnostkonstighetความแปลกประหลาดacayiplik古怪чудернацькістьانوکھا پنsự kỳ lạ古怪