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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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weird noises
a weird look
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Recent Examples of weird
Regardless of what they’re called, most people know exactly what an armadillo looks like, with its roly-poly armored form and weird shuffling walk.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
The Boston Red Sox are in a weird spot ahead of the trade deadline this month.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Despite not being a purveyor of nail products, Selena Gomez has established herself as something of a finger chameleon (Too weird?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 July 2025
The Rockies’ next head of baseball operations needs to come from outside their weird little world, but possess a feel for the challenges of building a winner at Coors Field.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
The Boston Red Sox are in a weird spot ahead of the trade deadline this month.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Despite not being a purveyor of nail products, Selena Gomez has established herself as something of a finger chameleon (Too weird?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 July 2025
The Rockies’ next head of baseball operations needs to come from outside their weird little world, but possess a feel for the challenges of building a winner at Coors Field.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weird
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Some 40 of these bizarre, geochemically-active sub-Neptunes are currently being studied observationally.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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As a result of a bizarre last-minute decision, the nominees in two Emmys categories will be announced Tuesday morning on CBS nearly four hours ahead of the TV Academy’s official nominations announcement, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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That kind of eerie alignment is how the song came into the world in the first place.—
Sarah Grant,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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By the time of totality at 3:20 p.m., dense clouds obscured the view, with an eerie darkness and a golden horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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After encountering a magical heart in the forest, strange things start happening around her.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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But forget logic, because everything about Dillon’s magical run has defied logic.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Summer storms cause travel headaches every year, but these numbers are not unusual.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Their target area was unusual, though: a strip of lawn between the road and a fence bordering Interstate 65, where homeless people have set up about two dozen tents over the first half of this year.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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That same day, the AI chatbot Grok, which is controlled by Musk’s xAI, kicked off its own strange Epstein tirade.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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His disjointed, dissonant rhythms were his attempt to accompany the chaos — like providing a real-time soundtrack to a strange silent movie.—
David Kushner,
Rolling Stone,
20 July 2025
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The sobering and haunting experience, MacDonald said, has sparked an interest in how the search for missing persons can be improved.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2025
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The video plays clips of the Weeknd singing the haunting lyrics in front of several cement backdrops that show the star stuck in a sort of purgatory.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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On-time debt payments aren’t a magic fix for your credit score.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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But a funny thing happened on the way to this flexible-rate nirvana.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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His voice is too funny, too smart and too important to go quietly into the night.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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“Weird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weird. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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