English Dictionary
Definition of “weird”
weird (wɪəd
)
Definitions
adjective
- suggestive of or relating to the supernatural; eerie
- strange or bizarre
- archaic of or relating to fate or the Fates
noun
- archaic mainly Scottish
- fate or destiny
- one of the Fates
- See dree one's weird
verb
- (tr) Scottish to destine or ordain by fate; predict
Alternative Forms
ˈweirdly adverb ˈweirdness noun Word Origin
Old English (ge )wyrd destiny; related to weorthan to become, Old Norse urthr bane, Old Saxon wurd; see worth²
Synonyms
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strange,
odd,
unusual,
bizarre,
ghostly,
mysterious,
queer,
unearthly,
eerie,
grotesque,
supernatural,
unnatural,
far-out,
uncanny,
spooky,
creepy,
eldritch,
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bizarre,
odd,
strange,
unusual,
queer,
grotesque,
unnatural,
creepy,
outlandish,
freakish,
Translations
- British English:
weird
Weird means strange and peculiar.It must be weird to suddenly become rich.wɪəd ADJECTIVE It must be weird to suddenly become rich.
- Spanish:
extraño
adj extraña
- French:
bizarre
adj
- German:
seltsam
adj
- Chinese: 怪异的 adj
- Arabic: عَجِيب adj
- Portuguese: esquisito adj esquisita
- Russian: сверхъестественный adj сверхъестественная
- Croatian: čudan adj čudna
- Czech: podivný adj
- Danish: underlig adj
- Dutch: vreemd adj
- Finnish: omituinen adj
- Greek: αλλόκοτος adj αλλόκοτη
- Italian: bizzarro adj bizzarra
- Japanese: 変な no_posp
- Korean: 별난 adj
- Norwegian: underlig adj
- Polish: dziwny adj dziwna
- Brazilian Portuguese: esquisito adj esquisita
- European Spanish:
extraño
adj extraña
- Swedish: konstig adj konstigt
- Thai: แปลกประหลาด adj
- Turkish: acaip adj
- Vietnamese: kỳ dị adj
Usage examples
But then I think there's definitely something weird about Charley Windsor too, and I'm not going after him.
Anthony Masters, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)From the way that it wiggles you might think it is a weird kind of eel.
New Scientist (1998)Reading a comic book is kind of a weird experience," admits Groth.
Globe and Mail (2003)He insists that the Duke of Edinburgh is far more supportive of the Queen'in his own weird way ' than people give him credit for.
Glasgow Herald (2002)I wouldn't call myself a psychic counsellor, as that for so many people implies spiritualism, or weird practices.
Hodgkinson, Liz, Psychic Counselling (1994)
