weird
IPA: wˈɪrd
noun
- (archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
- A prediction.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.
- That which comes to pass; a fact.
- (archaic, in the plural, personification) The Fates.
- (informal) Weirdness.
verb
- (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
- (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.
adjective
- Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
- Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
- (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
- (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
- Acronym of Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic. [Of, situated in, or related to the West]
adverb
- (nonstandard) In a strange manner.
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Examples of "weird" in Sentences
- It was weird how quickly the weather changed from sunny to stormy in a matter of minutes
- My cat always does weird things, like sitting in the sink or knocking over water glasses
- The eerie glow of the abandoned house gave off a weird feeling as we walked past it at night
- She had a weird habit of counting everything she saw, from steps on the sidewalk to birds in the sky
- The weird noise coming from the old refrigerator made us all jump and look around in confusion
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