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Synonyms for weird

Noun

1. Wyrd, Weird, Anglo-Saxon deity
usage: Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters

Adjective

1. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly, supernatural (vs. natural)
usage: 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
2. weird, strange (vs. familiar), unusual
usage: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
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