weirded out

verb

past tense of weird out
as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirded out
  1. alarmed
  2. disturbed
  3. bothered
  4. concerned
  5. distracted
  6. worried
  7. unsettled
  8. angered
Verb
  • Garcia said that before the attack, residents were already alarmed by a May news release from the city manager of neighboring Rio Vista, who warned that the project and potential annexation could open the door to a giant data center being built.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Terrified Jewish voters—alarmed by progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s anti-Zionist rhetoric—are fleeing to Republican Mike Rogers for self-preservation.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of alarmed
Verb
  • Peonies don’t like to be disturbed and may not bloom the next year, but division is sometimes necessary.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • Right-handed reliever Joel Peguero (left hamstring strain) will be shut down for the rest of the year due to a recurring hamstring strain that’s bothered him since spring training.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Woolen’s reaching hands bothered Brown enough that, while fielding another slant, Brown lost his grip on the football, which popped into the air.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • Is his business mostly done as far as incomings are concerned?
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Washington doesn’t seem overly concerned by the arrangement for now, said Umair Jamal on The Diplomat (Washington DC).
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of concerned
Verb
  • Kiser’s husband, Brady Kiser, said he had been briefly distracted while watching Trigg while his wife was away.
    — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Debbie intervenes to defuse the tension, then gets distracted by the presence of her nemesis, Cha Cha.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of distracted
Verb
  • The British Royal Navy, worried about French ships falling into German hands following their ally’s defeat, sunk the fleet in the port of Mers-el-Kébir, near Oran in Algeria.
    — Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Last week, biologists opened pens and freed two birds early, worried they might be killed.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of worried
Verb
  • This has unsettled some Pentagon officials who fear the scrutiny will invite meddling.
    — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Showers may linger into Friday, while the weekend currently trends cooler and unsettled, with additional shower chances if the front stalls out nearby.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsettled
Verb
  • The White House had previously angered US ranchers by quadrupling low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool prices.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of angered
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“Weirded out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirded%20out. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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