strange /streɪndʒ/ (adj):


mysterious


weird /wɪəd/ or /wɪrd/ (adj):

# very strange or unusual and difficult to explain.

SYNONYM strange;

I had a really weird dream last night.

She's a really weird girl.


# strange in a mysterious and frightening way.

SYNONYM eerie;

She began to make weird inhuman sounds.


>>> funny weird/ strange (idiom):

# (US English) (British English funny peculiar) ​(informal) used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘strange’.


weirdly /ˈwɪədli/ or /ˈwɪrdli/ (adv):

# ​in a way that is very strange or unusual and difficult to explain.

SYNONYM strangely;

The town was weirdly familiar.


weird out (phrasal verb):

# weird somebody out ​(informal) to seem strange to somebody and make them feel worried or uncomfortable.

The whole concept really weirds me out.

I have nothing to do and it weirds me out.

Driving on the left still weirds me out.


weirdness /ˈwɪədnəs/ (n):

# [uncountable] ​the fact of being very strange or unusual and difficult to explain.

I was enthralled by the sheer weirdness of the images.


weirdo /ˈwɪədəʊ/ /ˈwɪrdəʊ/ (n):

(plural weirdos /ˈwɪədəʊz/ /ˈwɪrdəʊz/)

# (informal, disapproving) ​a person who looks strange and/or behaves in a strange way.

It’s dangerous to be out on your own - there are too many weirdos around.


oddly /ˈɑːdli/ (adv):

# ​in a strange or unusual way.

SYNONYM strangely;

She's been behaving very oddly lately.

The creature had an oddly shaped head.

He was wearing oddly coloured clothes.

The name sounded oddly familiar.

He looked at her in a way she found oddly disturbing.


Outlandishly /aʊtˈlændɪʃli/ (adv):

# (usually disapproving) ​in a strange or extremely unusual way.

SYNONYM: bizarrely;

an outlandishly dressed figure.


queer /kwɪə(r)/ or /kwɪr/ (adj):

# (old-fashioned) strange or unusual.

SYNONYM odd;

His face was a queer pink colour.

She had a queer feeling that she was being watched.

I was beginning to feel very queer.

It all sounds a bit queer to me.