Weird Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of weird is unusual or strange. How to use weird in a sentence. Shakespeare's Connection to Weird Synonym Discussion of Weird. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut weird adjective SaveWord \ˈwird \ EssentialMeaningofweird :unusualorstrange Shelistenstosomereallyweird[=bizarre]music.Mylittlebrotheractsweirdsometimes.SeeMoreExamplesIheardaweirdnoise.That'sweird—Iputmybookdownrightherejustafewminutesagoandnowit'sgone.aweird-lookingcreatureHide FullDefinitionofweird (Entry1of2) 1 :ofstrangeorextraordinarycharacter:odd,fantastic 2 :of,relatingto,orcausedbywitchcraftorthesupernatural:magical weird noun Definitionofweird (Entry2of2) 1 :fate,destiny especially :illfortune 2 :soothsayer OtherWordsfromweird Synonyms ChoosetheRightSynonym Shakespeare'sConnectiontoWeird ExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutweird OtherWordsfromweird Adjective weirdness noun Synonymsforweird Synonyms:Adjective bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (alsokookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chieflyBritish], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (alsowhacky), way-out, weirdo, wild VisittheThesaurusforMore  ChoosetheRightSynonymforweird Adjective weird,eerie,uncannymeanmysteriouslystrangeorfantastic.weirdmayimplyanunearthlyorsupernaturalstrangenessoritmaystresspeculiarityoroddness. weirdcreaturesfromanotherworld eeriesuggestsanuneasyorfearfulconsciousnessthatmysteriousandmalignpowersareatwork. aneeriecalmprecededthebombingraid uncannyimpliesdisquietingstrangenessormysteriousness. anuncannyresemblancebetweentotalstrangers Shakespeare'sConnectiontoWeird NounYoumayknowtoday'swordasageneralizedtermdescribingsomethingunusual,butweirdalsohasoldermeaningsthataremorespecific.WeirdderivesfromtheOldEnglishnounwyrd,essentiallymeaning"fate."Bythe8thcentury,thepluralwyrdehadbeguntoappearintextsasaglossforParcae,theLatinnamefortheFates—threegoddesseswhospun,measured,andcutthethreadoflife.Inthe15thand16thcenturies,Scotsauthorsemployedwerdorweirdinthephrase"weirdsisters"torefertotheFates.WilliamShakespeareadoptedthisusageinMacbeth,inwhichthe"weirdsisters"aredepictedasthreewitches.SubsequentadjectivaluseofweirdgrewoutofareinterpretationoftheweirdusedbyShakespeare. ExamplesofweirdinaSentence Adjective Cosmicstringsaresecondonlytoblackholesintheastrophysicist'spantheonofweirdobjects.Theyarenarrow,ultradensefilamentsformedduringaphasetransition—calledinflation—withinthefirstmicrosecondofcosmichistory. —SteveNadis,Astronomy,October2005 Ifyoulookedatthemcloselyyourealizedtheywerecarvedwithweird,pagancreatures,morelikehobgoblinsthanmen,halfhiddenamongtreesandleaves—hereacanthusandtherewhatlookedlikeapalmtree. —KateAtkinson,CaseHistories,2004 Asanextendedfictionaldeviceallegoryisusedmainlyindidactic,satiricalfables,suchasGulliver'sTravels,AnimalFarmandErewhon.Inthesemasterpiecesasurfacerealismofpresentationgivesthefantasticeventsakindofweirdplausibility… —DavidLodge,TheArtofFiction,1992 Mylittlebrotheractsweirdsometimes. Iheardaweirdnoise. That'sweird—Iputmybookdownrightherejustafewminutesagoandnowit'sgone. SeeMore RecentExamplesontheWeb:Adjective Butbeingauniversewhere[Hurricane]Sandyexistsbutthepandemicdoesn'twouldbeweird. — RuthKinane,EW.com,11Nov.2021 Don’tletnegativereviewsdissuadeyoufromseeingthisveryweird,verymessyandnonethelessintriguingsuperheroteam-up,whichgrappleswithbigideasaboutcreation,freewillandwhetherhumansareevenworthsaving. — PatrickRyan,USATODAY,6Nov.2021 Halloweenissupposedtobeweird,andthespiritofthedaytrickleddowntothe49ersonSunday. — ScottOstler,SanFranciscoChronicle,31Oct.2021 AstheDistrictgentrified,however,Emersoncouldnolongeraffordtobeweird. — WashingtonPost,30Oct.2021 OtherthanvaguenewsaccountsaboutsomethingweirdhappeninginVegas(thelocationoftheearliermovie),theconnectionstotheearlierfilmprovelimited. — BrianLowry,CNN,29Oct.2021 Thecringe-inducinglive-actionvideoendingsintheoriginalareweird,butthegameplayisworthreviving. — SimonHill,Wired,26Oct.2021 Notonlydoingthose,buthavingonesthatweresoweirdanddidn’treallymakesense. — MeganArmstrong,Billboard,1Nov.2021 Conversely,lotsofAmericansaresuperweirdaboutdeath. — JessicaRoy,LosAngelesTimes,25Oct.2021 RecentExamplesontheWeb:Noun Whenstay-at-homemeasuresaimedatcurbingthespreadofCOVID-19wentintoeffectearlierthisspring,somethingweirdhappenedtooursenseofgeography. — AshleyFetters,TheAtlantic,31May2020 Somethingweirdhappenedontheoilmarketlastweek. — DanielOberhaus,Wired,1May2020 Theantidotetothewinterweirdsistostayactiveandgooutside. — AlliHarvey,AnchorageDailyNews,21Dec.2019 Ourfamilyofweirdswon’tbethesamewithouthim. — MicheleCorriston,PEOPLE.com,7Nov.2019 Butthere’snomoretimetorest,Betty’salarmisblaringandhermotherandbrotherareactinglikenothingweirdhappenedthenightbefore. — JessicaMacleish,TeenVogue,8Feb.2018 Lewiscalledtheoff-seasonmarketweird,especiallyforguyshisage. — StefanStevenson,star-telegram.com,16June2017 Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'weird.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. SeeMore FirstKnownUseofweird Adjective 1817,inthemeaningdefinedatsense2Noun beforethe12thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1 HistoryandEtymologyforweird Adjective fromconstrualasanadjectiveofweirdentry2inweirdsisters,namefortheFatesofGreekandRomanmyth(earlyScotswerdsisteris,MiddleEnglishwyrdesysteres,Shakespeareweyard/weywardsisters,appliedtothewitchesinMacbeth) Noun MiddleEnglishwird,werd,goingbacktoOldEnglishwyrd,goingbacktoGermanic*wurdi-"fate,chance"(whenceOldSaxonwurđ"fate,"OldHighGermanwurt,OldNorseurðr),derivativefromthebaseof*werþan-"tocomeabout,happen,become"—moreatworthentry4 LearnMoreAboutweird Shareweird PosttheDefinitionofweirdtoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofweirdonTwitter TimeTravelerforweird Thefirstknownuseofweirdwas beforethe12thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury ListentoOurPodcastAboutweird ThememusicbyJoshuaStamper©2006NewJerusalemMusic/ASCAP GetWordoftheDaydeliveredtoyourinbox! SignUp DictionaryEntriesNearweird weirbox weird weirdie SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforweird LastUpdated 20Nov2021 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Weird.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weird.Accessed25Nov.2021. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforweird weird adjective \ˈwird \ weirder;weirdest KidsDefinitionofweird :veryunusual:strange SowhatifIhaveweirdeyebrowsandfunnytoes?—JudyBlume,OtherwiseKnownasSheilatheGreat MorefromMerriam-Websteronweird Nglish:TranslationofweirdforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofweirdforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY jovial SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary FarmIdiomsQuiz Whatdoes'poke'refertointheexpression'piginapoke'? stable stateofdifficulty bag mudpit Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethingalongtheway. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! 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