weird

weird · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Suggesting something supernatural; strange or uncanny.

  2. 2.

    Unusual or odd.

Related words

Antonyms: normal, ordinary
See also: bizarre, odd, strange
Synonyms: bizarre, odd, strange

Etymology

From Old English wyrd ("fate, destiny"), later influenced by Shakespeare's "Weird Sisters" in Macbeth, developing the sense of supernatural strangeness.