weird, adj.
freq. cnt. 8
freq. cnt. 8
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1
eldritch uncanny unearthly weird
sample sentences
"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
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strikingly odd or unusual
<adj.all>
weird
sample sentences
"some trick of the moonlightsome weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
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