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weirder


 
  Overview  of  adj  weird 
 
  The  adj  weird  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  eldritch,  weird,  uncanny,  unearthly  --  (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  --  (strikingly  odd  or  unusual;  "some  trick  of  the  moonlight;  some  weird  effect  of  shadow"-  Bram  Stoker) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  weird 
 
  2  senses  of  weird 
 
  Sense  1 
  eldritch,  weird,  uncanny,  unearthly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  supernatural)  ->  natural 
 
  Sense  2 
  weird 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  strange)  ->  familiar 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  weird 
 
  2  senses  of  weird 
 
  Sense  1 
  eldritch,  weird,  uncanny,  unearthly 
  =>  supernatural  (vs.  natural) 
 
  Sense  2 
  weird 
  =>  strange  (vs.  familiar),  unusual 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  weird 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  weird 
 
  weird  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  weird 
  weird 
 
  Overview  of  adj  weird 
 
  The  adj  weird  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  eldritch,  weird,  uncanny,  unearthly  --  (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  --  (strikingly  odd  or  unusual;  "some  trick  of  the  moonlight;  some  weird  effect  of  shadow"-  Bram  Stoker)