weird
[ weerd ]
/ wɪərd /
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adjective, weird·er, weird·est.
noun Chiefly Scot.
Verb Phrases
weird out, Slang. to feel or cause to feel discomfort, confusion, or fear because of perceived strangeness: The cultlike admiration of some of her followers always weirded me out a little.
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Origin of weird
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English (northern form of wird ), Old English wyrd; akin to worth2; (adjective) Middle English, originally attributive noun in phrase werde sisters “the Fates” (popularized as appellation of the witches in Macbeth)
synonym study for weird
1. weird, eerie, unearthly, uncanny refer to that which is mysterious and apparently outside natural law. Weird refers to that which is suggestive of the fateful intervention of supernatural influences in human affairs: the weird adventures of a group lost in the jungle. Eerie refers to that which, by suggesting the ghostly, makes one's flesh creep: an eerie moaning from a deserted house. Unearthly refers to that which seems by its nature to belong to another world: an unearthly light that preceded the storm. Uncanny refers to that which is mysterious because of its apparent defiance of the laws established by experience: an uncanny ability to recall numbers. 1, 2. See bizarre.
OTHER WORDS FROM weird
weird·ly, adverbweird·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for weird
weird
/ (wɪəd) /
adjective
suggestive of or relating to the supernatural; eerie
strange or bizarre
archaic of or relating to fate or the Fates
noun
archaic, mainly Scot
- fate or destiny
- one of the Fates
dree one's weird Scot See dree
verb
(tr) Scot to destine or ordain by fate; predict
See also weird out
Derived forms of weird
weirdly, adverbweirdness, nounWord Origin for weird
Old English (ge) wyrd destiny; related to weorthan to become, Old Norse urthr bane, Old Saxon wurd; see worth ²
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