weird

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /wɪəd/, SAMPA: /wI@d/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /wiɚd/ or /wɪɚd/, SAMPA: /wi@rd/

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Adjective

Positive weird

Comparative weirder

Superlative weirdest

1. Very strange or unusual. Very different from others of its kind or what is expected. Something that is weird is not at all normal.
   • Synonyms: eerie and strange

   People laughed at the boy because he was weird.

   Eating fish with chocolate syrup is so weird.

   The strange man scared them because he looked weird.

Related words

• weirdo
• weirdly
• weirdness