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.
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, adverb weird·ness, nounWords nearby weird
weinberg,
weinberg-salam theory,
weinberger,
weingartner,
weir,
weird,
weird out,
weird sisters,
weirdo,
weirdy,
weirton
Example sentences from the Web for weirdness
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, adverb weirdness, nounWord Origin for weird
Old English (
ge)
wyrd destiny; related to
weorthan to become, Old Norse
urthr bane, Old Saxon
wurd; see
worth ²