weird

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. uncanny, eldritch, eerie, spooky (inf.); ghostly, spectral, unearthly; supernatural. See unconformity, demon.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. mysterious, uncanny, ominous, eerie, ghastly, unearthly; see also ghastly 1 , mysterious 2 .

Syn.- weird applies to that which is supernaturally mysterious or fantastically strange [ a weird experience ] ; eerie applies to that which inspires a vague, superstitious uneasiness or dread [ the eerie howling of a dog ] ; uncanny applies to that which is unnaturally strange or remarkable [uncanny insight ] ; unearthly applies to that which is so strange or extraordinary as to seem to belong to another world [ an unearthly light ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

bizarre, strange, odd, fantastic, unearthly, otherworldly, alien, supernatural, mysterious, outlandish, nightmarish, surrealistic, Kafkaesque, peculiar, queer, grotesque, eerie, uncanny, *freaky, unusual.

ANT.: ordinary, conventional, usual, normal

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature: eerie, uncanny, unearthly. Informal: spooky. See FEAR, USUAL. 2. Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual. Slang: kooky, screwball. British Slang: rum, rummy2. See USUAL. 3. Causing puzzlement; perplexing: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, strange. See USUAL.