Did you know? Shakespeare's Connection to Weird You may know weird as a generalized term describing something unusual, but this word also has older meanings that are more specific. Weird derives from the Old English noun wyrd, essentially meaning "fate."
WEIRD definition: 1. very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural: 2. very strange and unusual, unexpected…. Learn more.
weird (third-person singular simple present weirds, present participle weirding, simple past and past participle weirded) (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
“Weird” refers to something that is strange, unusual, or inexplicable. It’s often used to describe situations, events, or appearances that deviate from the norm.
- involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound. 2. strange; unusual; peculiar: a weird costume.
SYNONYMS 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 ...
Call something weird when it’s strange, bizarre, or strikes you as odd. Putting peanut butter on pizza is weird. So is most abstract, conceptual performance art.
Definition of weird adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.