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1. (adj.) weird
involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny:
a weird sound.
2. weird
strange; unusual; peculiar:
a weird costume.
3. weird
Archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny.
4. (n. Chiefly Scot.) weird
fate; destiny.
Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME (northern form of wird), OE wyrd; akin to worth2; (adj.) ME, orig. attributive n. in phrase werde sisters the Fates (popularized as appellation of the witches in Macbeth))
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1. (adj) Wyrd, Weird
fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
2. (adj) eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
"an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
3. (adj) weird
strikingly odd or unusual
"some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
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1. (adjective) weird
unusual or difficult to explain; = strange
a weird kid; The way she smiled at me was weird.
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1. (adj) weird
of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny
2. (adj) weird
of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc
3. (noun) weird
fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction
4. (noun) weird
a spell or charm
5. (verb) weird
to foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to
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Sense: odd or very strange
a weird story; She wears weird clothes.
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 Afrikaans: vreemd |
 Arabic: غَريب |
 Bulgarian: чудат |
 Brazilian: estranho |
 Czech: podivný, výstřední |
 German: seltsam |
 Danish: underlig |
 Greek: παράξενος, αλλόκοτος |
 Spanish: extraño, raro |
 Estonian: kummaline |
 Farsi: غيرعادي |
 Finnish: outo |
 French: bizarre |
 Hebrew: מוּזָר |
 Hindi: निराला |
 Croatian: čudan, neobičan |
 Hungarian: furcsa |
 Indonesian: aneh |
 Icelandic: annarlegur, dularfullur |
 Italian: strano, bizzarro |
 Japanese: 奇妙な |
 Korean: 이상한, 기묘한 |
 Lithuanian: keistas |
 Latvian: dīvains; mistisks |
 Malay: aneh, ganjil, pelik |
 Dutch: vreemd |
 Norwegian: eiendommelig, merkelig, n |
 Polish: dziwaczny |
 Portuguese: estranho |
 Romanian: ciudat, bizar |
 Russian: странный; причудливый |
 Slovak: čudný, zvláštny; výstredn |
 Slovenian: čuden |
 Serbian: čudan |
 Swedish: konstig |
 Thai: แปลกประหลาด |
 Turkish: acayip, garip |
 Taiwanese: 古怪的 |
 Ukrainian: чудний, чудернацький |
 Urdu: انوکھا |
 Vietnamese: kỳ lạ |
 Chinese: 古怪的 |
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