weird
weird Lexical Profile
weird Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Very strange, unusual, or unexpected in a way that is difficult to explain.
"He has a weird habit of eating dessert before his main course."
Suggesting something supernatural, uncanny, or unearthly.
"A weird, glowing mist settled over the ancient marshland at midnight."
• verb
To induce a sense of disbelief, unease, or alienation in someone (usually used with 'out').
"The lifelike movements of the robotic doll really weirded the children out."
• noun
Scottish A person's destiny, fate, or predetermined lot in life.
"In the old ballad, the knight had to dree his own weird before returning home."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Weird' is a classic exception to the 'i before e except after c' spelling rule and is frequently misspelled as 'wierd'. In modern usage, the verb form is almost exclusively used in the colloquial phrasal expression 'to weird (someone) out'.
• Rhymes for weird
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'wyrd', meaning 'fate, chance, or destiny', derived from the Proto-Germanic root '*wurthiz' (to become). Its modern adjectival sense of 'uncanny' or 'strange' developed through Shakespeare's portrayal of the 'Weird Sisters' (the Fates) in Macbeth.