Weird (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The abandoned mansion had a weird aura that made people hesitant to enter it.
- She experienced a weird sensation in her stomach every time she rode a roller coaster.
- The weird glow of the neon lights illuminated the dark alley.
- He had a weird habit of talking to himself when he was nervous.
- The weird sound of the howling wind made it difficult for her to fall asleep.
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Meaning 2
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dimly lit mansion loomed over us with an unsettling, weird presence that made us feel unwelcome.
- It was on this weird and stormy night that she saw the ghostly apparition standing in the corner of her room.
- There's something weird about that place – they say if you knock on the door, nobody answers, but you can still hear the whispers inside.
- His behavior grew increasingly weird as the night wore on, his eyes darting nervously towards the old mansion across the street.
- After midnight, an unearthly stillness settled over the village, but an inexplicable, weird hum began to resonate from within the heart of the abandoned church.