Weird (Hanson song)
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Strikingly odd or unusual
"Some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
(2)   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

noun


(3)   Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters
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Etymology


From , through .

Adjective



  1. Having supernatural or preternatural power.
  2. Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
  3. Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Fates.

Synonyms


  • eerie
  • uncanny
  • See also Wikisaurus:strange

Noun



  1. fate or destiny
    • 1912, Euripides, Medea, trans. Arthur S. Way (Heinemenn 1946, p. 361)
      In the weird of death shall the hapless be whelmed, and from Doom’s dark prison / Shall she steal forth never again.
  2. The Fates.

Verb


  1. To make someone feel strange.
    Hey man, you’re weirding me out.

Etymology


From , through .
 
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