weird synonyms

weird

modif.

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

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

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