Weird definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

weird in American English · 1. Obsolete. of fate or destiny · 2. of or about ghosts, evil spirits, or other supernatural things; unearthly, mysterious, eerie, etc ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus Thesaurus AmericanThesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'weird'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× weird (wɪəʳd ) Wordforms:comparativeweirder ,superlativeweirdest adjective Ifyoudescribesomethingorsomeoneasweird,youmeanthattheyarestrange. [informal]Thatfirstdaywasweird. He'sdifferent.He'sweird. Inthe70s,wedidalotofcreativethingsbutalsosomeweirdthings. Itmustbereallyweirdtoberich. ItfeltweirdgoingbacktoLiverpool. weirdly gradedadverb...weirdlywonderfulsculptures. ...difficultmenwhodressedweirdly. weirdnessuncountablenounTheweirdnessofHollywoodsuitshimwell. MoreSynonymsofweird COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof weird Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'weird' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'weird' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'salaam' HindiTranslationof'weird' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency weirdinBritishEnglish (wɪəd ) adjective1. suggestiveoforrelatingtothesupernatural;eerie 2. strangeorbizarre 3. archaic oforrelatingtofateortheFates noun4. archaic,mainlyScottisha. fateordestiny b. oneoftheFates 5. Seedreeone'sweird verb6. (transitive)Scottish todestineorordainbyfate;predict CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsweirdly(ˈweirdly)adverb weirdness(ˈweirdness)noun WordoriginOldEnglish(ge)wyrddestiny;relatedtoweorthantobecome,OldNorseurthrbane,OldSaxonwurd;seeworth2 WordFrequency weirdinAmericanEnglish (wɪrd ) adjective1. Obsolete offateordestiny 2.  oforaboutghosts,evilspirits,orothersupernaturalthings;unearthly,mysterious,eerie,etc. 3. a.  strikinglyodd,strange,etc.;fantastic;bizarre aweirdcostume b.  eccentric,erratic,orunconventionalinbehavior noun4. Scottish,Obsolete fateordestiny Idioms:weirdout SYNONYMYNOTE:weirdappliestothatwhichissupernaturallymysteriousorfantasticallystrange[aweirdexperience];eerieappliestothatwhichinspiresavague,superstitiousuneasinessordread[theeeriehowlingofadog];uncannyappliestothatwhichisunnaturallystrangeorremarkable[uncannyinsight];unearthlyappliestothatwhichissostrangeorextraordinaryastoseemtobelongtoanother world[anunearthlylight]Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsweirdly(ˈweirdly) adverb weirdness(ˈweirdness) noun WordoriginMEwerde,orig.n.,fate