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."
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.
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WEIRD definition: 1. very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural: 2. very strange and unusual, unexpected…. Learn more.
“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.
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.
Definition of weird adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something or someone as weird, you mean that they are strange. That first day was weird. Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. It seems that your browser is blocking this video content.