Another word for weird
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Adjective
Of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature
- Suggestive of ghosts or spirits, especially in being eerie or disturbing:
- Easily startled; skittish:
- Not of this earth; preternatural; supernatural.
- Unnaturally strange and frightening.
- Ridiculously unreasonable or uncustomary; absurd:
- Mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment.
- Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
- Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
Deviating from the customary
- A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain sets of three or more cards of the same rank or suit.
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugar cane.
- Intoxicating beverages.
- A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.
- An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person.
- Impulsively whimsical; eccentric:
- Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.
- Not usual, common, or ordinary.
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
- Not included in nature; artificial:
- Deviating from a behavioral or social norm:
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
- Being only one; individual; lone:
- Being the only one of a kind; unique:
- Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable:
- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric:
- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:
- Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:
- Cleverly made or done.
- Not ordinary or usual; odd or strange:
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique:
- A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own.
- Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.
- Located far from civilized areas; remote:
- Of foreign origin; not native.
- Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar:
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Constituting a remainder:
- Markedly unusual or abnormal; strange:
- Relating to or being a freak:
- Capricious or whimsical.
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
- Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
- Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
- Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
- Not having the same center:
- Eager to learn more:
- Unduly inquisitive; prying:
- Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness:
- Having a bad disposition; peevish.
- Having eccentric ways; odd.
- Full of bends and turns; crooked:
- Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
See also:Causing puzzlement; perplexing
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric:
- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Not ordinary or usual; odd or strange:
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique:
- A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own.
- Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar:
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Constituting a remainder:
- Causing laughter or amusement:
- Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms:
- Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something:
- Eager to learn more:
- Unduly inquisitive; prying:
- Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness:
See also:
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Another word for weird
Modifier
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- Not of this earth; preternatural; supernatural.
- Unnaturally strange and frightening.
- Ridiculously unreasonable or uncustomary; absurd:
- Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
- Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
- Extremely unpleasant or bad:
- Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
- Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
- Menacing; threatening:
- Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
- Mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment.
- Of, relating to, or being a religious mystery:
- Arousing wonder or curiosity, especially by being difficult to explain or understand:
Synonym Study
- Unearthly applies to that which is so strange or extraordinary as to seem to belong to another world an unearthly light
- Uncanny applies to that which is unnaturally strange or remarkable uncanny insight
- Eerie applies to that which inspires a vague, superstitious uneasiness or dread the eerie howling of a dog
- Weird applies to that which is supernaturally mysterious or fantastically strange a weird experience
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