weird

/wɪrd/

adjectiveweird

Remember: it’s WE + IRD — “WE” are “IRD” (odd) when something is weird.

Yes, it's weird. The tricky part is the vowel order: **weird** is **ei**, not **ie** (it’s an exception to “i before e”).

Definition

  1. adjectivestrange or unusual; not normal or expected

Examples

  • It felt weird to be back at school after a long vacation.
  • The cat made a weird noise and then ran under the couch.
  • That’s a weird rule, but we’ll follow it anyway.

Synonyms

strangeoddunusualpeculiarbizarre

Antonyms

normalordinarytypical

Translations

ES raroPT estranhoFR bizarre

Common misspellings

wierdweerdwordweirddwirdweirdedwierd weird

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