weird

adjective
/ˈwɪə(ɹ)d/

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

Example

“There are lots of weird people in this place.”

Other meanings

Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
“It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.”
Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
“a weird story”

Example sentences

“I would feel weird about using those, too.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“I got a really weird text message.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Cookie keeps making weird noises.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "wyrd" (fate).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “weird” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.