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Synonyms for weird

Grammar : Adj
Spell : weerd
Phonetic Transcription : wɪərd

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Définition of weird

Origin :
  • Old English wyrd (n.) "fate, destiny," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic *wurthis (cf. Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," (cf. German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become."
  • The modern sense of weird developed from Middle English use of weird sisters for the three fates or Norns (in Germanic mythology), the goddesses who controlled human destiny. They were portrayed as odd or frightening in appearance, as in "Macbeth," which led to the adjectival meaning "odd-looking, uncanny," first recorded 1815.
  • adj odd, bizarre
Example sentences :
  • Their acts all had the weird inconsequence of the people we see in dreams.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • What a strange, weird mystery there is about mental associations!
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • It is plain from this weird appeal that Shakespeare had already made his mark.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Before she had laughed at the weird complaining; now it sounded like a moan of misery.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • We told tales as weird as the scene, until far into the night.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Why she's Cleopatra is as weird a history as why I'm Mrs. Jones.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • They were winding up now, in the weird moonlight, for the hour was approaching.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • In the weird light I could see the faces of the men work with emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • Weird places some of them, too—gives me the creeps to think of them sometimes!
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • It was only another one of his gestures which was responsible for these weird dreams.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton

Antonyms for weird

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