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adjective

Definition of weirdonext
as in weird
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO

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weirdo

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noun

ˈwir-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce weirdo (audio)
as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about

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Recent Examples of weirdo
Adjective
André 3000, largely thanks to experiments in dress, is often considered the weirdo wild card, and Big Boi the straight man. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Give me this kind of weirdo interpretation over yet-another-stuffy-period-piece any day! — Drew Broussard, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
James Gunn’s third and final Marvel movie is the rare finale to actually feel like a finale, an ambitious trilogy-ender that says goodbye to the galaxy’s favorite space weirdos. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 But while Kozue is a genuine, unapologetic weirdo, the film that is constructed around her soon betrays a less imaginative, more normative impulse — so much so that this coming-of-age story ultimately leaves a bitter taste. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for weirdo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdo
  1. weird
  2. eccentric
  3. bizarre
  4. character
  5. strange
  6. wacko
  7. funny
  8. oddball
Adjective
  • By Sean McGowan THURSDAY PUZZLE — Welcome back to Thursday, the day of the week where the crossword gets weirder and the wordplay gets wilder.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Astronomers were left with the troublesome task of pairing up two weird objects, smushing them together and hoping to get Lucifer as a result.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of weird
Noun
  • Janney’s Silda, the wisecracking eccentric with an ax to grind, is the live wire of the company.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The public reckonings with these figures’ legacies—the troubled former child star gone too soon, the beloved icon, the cult favorite, the complicated eccentric—have come in a cascade.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of eccentric
Adjective
  • The cookie shops have a rotating menu of cookies with elaborate toppings, sometimes offering bizarre flavors such as everything bagel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Skerritt co-starred opposite Kathy Baker, playing his doctor wife in the community of Rome, Wisconsin, a place with bizarre happenings, like having a robber leaving a trail of frogs or the pope becoming the primary witness to a murder.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bizarre
Noun
  • The Johnson County pastor and the former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Stretch fabrics have sleek constructions without the bulky appearance of conventional stretch denim, and mechanical stretch fabrics offer big, open twills and rigid character.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of character
Adjective
  • After Orson’s reading from the novel, the broadcast cuts in on a weather report that is then followed by a dance music concert, but the smooth tango music is interrupted by breaking news of strange explosions on Mars.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • However, a strange light phenomenon and the arrival of her physicist ex-husband pull her back into the scientific world.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of strange
Noun
  • People who see ghosts tend to see the same ghost wafting down the same staircase, but none of the characters populating Leo’s wacko hallucinations have returned for a repeat perfor-mance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of wacko
Adjective
  • As the country hurtles toward a pivotal but divisive election, Netflix has done us all a favor by dropping four documentaries about really funny people this month.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • New York is getting roasted for an awkward giveaway T-shirt gaffe, made funnier by the team proudly posting the evidence on social media.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of funny
Noun
  • The general trivia and straight clues are also tough, and there’s a good amount of novelty, including 11 debut entries, a few oddballs among them, and one utterly brutal misdirect that significantly spiced up my solving experience.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Brecht once observed that Seghers thrived on the depiction of oddballs and loners.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of oddball

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