weird
[ weerd ]
/ wɪərd /
adjective, weird·er, weird·est.
involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
fantastic; bizarre: a weird getup.
Archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny.
noun Chiefly Scot.
fate; destiny.
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Origin of weird
before 900; (noun) Middle English (northern form of wird), Old English wyrd; akin to worth2; (adj.) Middle English, orig. attributive noun in phrase werde sisters the Fates (popularized as appellation of the witches in Macbeth)
SYNONYMS FOR weird
1 unnatural, preternatural. 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.
OTHER WORDS FROM weird
weird·ly, adverbweird·ness, nounWords nearby weird
weinberg, weinberg-salam theory, weinberger, weingartner, weir, weird, weird out, weird sisters, weirdo, weirdy, weirton
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British Dictionary definitions for weirdness
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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