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
  • Europe, for its part, is alarmed by the prospect of American abandonment of Ukraine.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Those measures, however, have alarmed privacy advocates, who argue that age-gating the internet would affect all users — not just children.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of alarmed
Verb
  • The location of the digging also could have disturbed another grave that may now be unmarked.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • Home to North America’s tallest mountain, Denali's six million acres of wilderness are disturbed by only one road.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • The problem Databento is solving has bothered anyone who has ever tried to get institutional-grade market data.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • There was a stretch of my adolescence, sometime in the early 2000s, when I was quietly convinced my life was a television show and no one had bothered to tell me.
    — Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • The turnout that many were concerned had also been hurt by high ticket prices ended up being better than those first projections.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • But, as far as New Mexico’s place on the primary calendar was concerned, the committee member had a different idea.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Definition of concerned
Verb
  • Although the extramarital affair made headlines at the time of Schettino’s trial, there was no evidence presented to say that he was distracted as a result of Cemortan’s presence.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Roschelle had seemed distracted lately, going to a bunch of doctors’ appointments, talking to Sapphire late at night.
    — Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of distracted
Verb
  • Even if the bond was granted, Wilber worried his family wouldn’t have the funds to pay his bail, which can cost thousands of dollars.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • During the Revolutionary War, General Washington worried that British troops were stockpiling weapons and ammunition in the fort and preparing to attack northern colonies.
    — Lane Degregory, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Definition of worried
Verb
  • Concerns over timing of reversal The timing has unsettled some faculty.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • The centerless nature of Kiely’s grief unsettled him for a time.
    — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Definition of unsettled
Verb
  • They also have been angered by Kennedy’s attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • They've also been angered by Kennedy's attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of angered
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