weird
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- pronunciation:
- wIrd
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is weird, it is very strange or unusual.
It was weird that the lights were all on at my grandmother's house but she didn't answer the door. My dad got nervous and called her on his phone.Our new neighbor has this weird dog. I've never seen a dog that looked like that before.- synonyms:
- odd, strange
- antonyms:
- normal
- similar words:
- crazy, curious, fantastic, peculiar, unusual
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| definition 2: |
When something is weird, it is strange in a mysterious way. It is strange like something that is not from this earth or not from the reality that we know.
We were all scared when we heard this weird noise coming from the woods. Then we found out that it was just my brother playing a trick on us.- similar words:
- mysterious
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| related words: |
absurd |
| derivations: |
weirdly (adv.), weirdness (n.) |
In ancient Norse mythology, a person's destiny was controlled by three sister-goddesses, often called the "weird sisters." In Old English,
weird (spelled
wyrd) means "fate" or "destiny." Artists often gave these eerie goddesses a strange, witch-like appearance, which may be why "weird" means what it does today.