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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
always has a somewhat weird opinion of what's happening in the news
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
weird sounds from the woods just beyond our campsite
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as in magical
having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
a self-styled, contemporary witch, she sells herbal mixtures that she claims are weird potions
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
a weird little plant that we found growing in the garden
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Recent Examples of weird
Imagine finally getting to use the weirdest drill bit in your toolkit.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The camera wasn’t VHS, Super VHS, Betamax, or Hi8, but the extremely weird format of mini-VHS.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The strawberry drizzle is great and doesn't have that weird artificial taste.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, there’s a weird confidence about this guy.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The camera wasn’t VHS, Super VHS, Betamax, or Hi8, but the extremely weird format of mini-VHS.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The strawberry drizzle is great and doesn't have that weird artificial taste.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, there’s a weird confidence about this guy.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for weird
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weird
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In that sense, the content lives to its title as a collection of larger-than-life bizarre elements.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Minutes before his interview started, Cutler, alone in the interview room, had done something completely bizarre.—
Marcelena Spencer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The scene is interrupted when in the scribe’s home, shrouded in darkness, eerie sounds distract him from what’s on his digital page.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Rusting agricultural equipment and decaying barns gave the sci-fi story an eerie texture that’s strangely suited to a movie theater in a trailer.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2026
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Very famous people—Diana, Versace, Carolyn, John, Lauren—died at the very end of this sort of magical decade.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hawke says Wishful Thinking — in which a couple’s ups and downs turn out to have magical power over the world around them — appealed to her love of high-concept movies.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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But with this unusual warmth, Greene warns even that may not be enough.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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As Southern California’s unusual March heat wave continues, several daily temperature records were broken across the region on Wednesday, March 18.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Mar. 2026
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One thing was clear from the beginning — these strange objects were common.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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It was written by Nicki Cortese and follows a man (Goggins) who wakes up in a strange house covered in blood and comes to realize his true identity while fighting off contract killers from his past, which includes everyone from his exes to his best friend.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Over the years, humpback whale songs have been recorded for human listening, with many describing the songs as having a haunting, mournful quality.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In Clint Eastwood's haunting neo-noir mystery, Penn is top-notch as a grieving father with some shady undertones.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Interestingly, there is a magic number for gardeners to watch out for.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Article continues below The magic trick behind super-supernovas The theory connecting magnetars and superluminous supernovas was first suggested by Dan Kasen and Lars Bildsten of UC Berkeley and independently by Stanford Woosley of UC Santa Cruz.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Accidentally running face-first into your mom’s butt is funny, no matter your species.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2026
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At work, while reporting near a looming tornado, Clark meets Floyd (played with a touching, funny pathos by David Harbour), a sign-language interpreter.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Weird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weird. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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