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Context Explanation

Bizarre new designs could reduce wrist injuries, scientists say. weird, eerie, uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness. WEIRD definition: 1.

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very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural: 2. very strange and unusual, unexpected…. Learn more. 1. involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound.

Final Conclusion

2. strange; unusual; peculiar: a weird costume. As an adverb, weird is only used to modify verbs, and is always positioned after the verb it modifies. Unlike weirdly, it cannot modify an adjective (as in "She was weirdly generous.") or an entire sentence (as in "Weirdly, no-one spoke up."). Definition of weird adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Call something weird when it’s strange, bizarre, or strikes you as odd. Putting peanut butter on pizza is weird. So is most abstract, conceptual performance art.