Define weird.?

Answer 1

Etymology: Middle English wird, werd, from Old English wyrd; akin to Old Norse urthr fate, Old English weorthan to become

1 : FATE, DESTINY; especially : ill fortune
2 : SOOTHSAYER

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1. odd: strange or unusual

2. supernatural: belonging to or suggesting the supernatural

3. of fate: relating to or influenced by fate (archaic)

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adjective - 1 suggesting something supernatural; uncanny. 2 informal very strange; bizarre.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/weird?view=uk

strange, odd, or unconventional; puzzlingly unusual, of or relating to the occult or otherworldly; eerie or unearthly.

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Weird - Greek & Roman Mythology One of the Fates. Slang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.

weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature. Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: “The person of the house gave a weird little laugh” (Charles Dickens). “There is a weird power in a spoken word” (Joseph Conrad). Something eerie inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: “At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold” (Robert Louis Stevenson). Uncanny refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: “The queer stumps … had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures” (John Galsworthy). Something unearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: “He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din” (Henry Kingsley).

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Answer 2

a very subjective word to define due to the differences of opinions of people and the circumstances that may influence their definition about it. Generally, weirdness is a behaviour or phenomenon that has no logical or scientific explanation, typically outside of the known norms of society. Even if some people can somehow explain, it is merely an opinion or to try to find some semblance about something or someone that is typically unusual or strange.

Answer 3

strange Of, concerning to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. Of a strikingly ordinary or unusual character; unusual. Archaic Of or concerning to destiny or the Fates. ordinary Deviating from what's basic, wide-unfold, or predicted; unusual or odd: a wierd call; ordinary habit. See Synonyms at unusual. Being in way over the indicated or approximate quantity, quantity, or degree. in many cases used at the same time: invited 30-ordinary travelers. Constituting a the rest: had some ordinary money left over. Small in volume: jingled the ordinary replace in my wallet. Being one in each and every of an incomplete pair or set: a wierd shoe. ultimate after others have been paired or grouped. arithmetic Designating an integer no longer divisible by ability of two, at the same time with a million, 3, and 5. no longer predicted, general, or planned: suggested as at ordinary periods. distant; out-of-the-way: chanced on the previous shop in a wierd corner of city. general Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, general, development, point, or form; usual: general room temperature; one's general weight; general diplomatic kin.

Answer 4

odd, mysterious, strange, eerie.

I think it's a bit more than just "not normal"

It's not normal to have a temperature of 101 deg. F. , but it's not weird to have this temperature.
It's not normal to have a pulse of 100 beats per minute, but a person who does is not weird, and the condition itself is not weird.

Answer 5

drier backwards with a w to throw you off the track and said as a forward word Remember some words are the same ether way. but this one is just as it sounds weird.

Answer 6

Abnormal

Answer 7

When you use the most popular pencil, but it's called no. 2--that's weird.
Despite the cost of living, it still remains so popular--that's weird.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends--that's weird?
If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry--that's weird?

Answer 8

something outside the "norm". The trick is defining "normal".

Answer 9

Out-of-the-ordinary, relatively/objectively irrelevant to norms, beyond usual expectation, pscho-scary, causing phobia and/or negative awe...something weird.

Answer 10

When smoke never clears.