Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Wyrd, Weird(adj)

   fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

2. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly(adj)

   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. weird(adj)

   strikingly odd or unusual

   "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weird(Noun)

   Fate; destiny; luck.

2. weird(Noun)

   A prediction.

3. weird(Noun)

   A spell or charm.

4. weird(Noun)

   That which comes to pass; a fact.

5. weird(Noun)

   The Fates (personified).

6. weird(Verb)

   To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

7. weird(Verb)

   To warn solemnly; adjure.

8. weird(Verb)

   To make (one) feel weird; make uneasy or uncomfortable due to weirdness; strike one as being weird.

   That joke really weirded me out.

9. weird(Adjective)

   Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.

10. weird(Adjective)

    Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.

11. weird(Adjective)

    Having supernatural or preternatural power.

    There was a weird light shining above the hill.

12. weird(Adjective)

    Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

    There are lots of weird people in this place.

13. weird(Adjective)

    Deviating from the normal; bizarre.

    It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-boyfriends on the same day.

14. weird(Adjective)

    Of or pertaining to the Fates.

15. WEIRD(Noun)

    Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic

Origin: From werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from wyrd, wurd, from wurdiz, from wert-, from wer-. Cognate with wrd, wrth, wurt, urður. Related to weorþan. More at worth.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weird(noun)

   fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction

2. Weird(noun)

   a spell or charm

3. Weird(adj)

   of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny

4. Weird(adj)

   of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc

5. Weird(verb)

   to foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to

Origin: [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weoran to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. urr. 143. See Worth to become.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weird

   wērd, n. fate: that which comes to pass: a spell or charm.—adj. skilled in witchcraft: unearthly, uncanny.—v.t. to destine, doom, adjure.—adv. Weird′ly.—n. Weird′ness.—Dree one's weird (see Dree).—The weird Sisters, the Fates. [A.S. wyrd, fate—weorthan, to become; Ger. werden.]

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. weird

   Weird (adjective) is a condition of being abnormal.

   Weird is a strange feeling can be applied to the one who was in love.

   Submitted by pinkss5 on September 16, 2015

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'weird' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2282

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'weird' in Adjectives Frequency: #984

Anagrams for weird »

1. wried

2. wired

3. wider

4. wider, wired, wried

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weird in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weird in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of weird in a Sentence

1. Uma Thurman:

   I know I look weird!

2. Kamyl Bazbaz:

   These sesame noodles are weird.

3. Oliver White:

   Whatever they are, they're definitely weird.

4. Hunter S. Thompson:

   When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

5. Hunter S. Thompson:

   When the going gets weird, The weird turn pro.

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