weirdy

Examples

• All

• She just thinks you're some kind of weirdy or something.

  The Dark Backward (1991)

• And my best friend, Gus, said I was a weirdy.

  The Dark Backward (1991)

• What do you want to see that weirdy for?

  Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

• You know I bet my badge right now we haven't seen the last of those weirdies.

  Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

• Many people think that he's a bit of a weirdy because of his unusual interests.

• At the party, she introduced me to a weirdy who collects odd vintage toys.

• The weirdy next door always talks to his plants as if they could understand him.

Synonyms

C

creep

vsweirdy

• Offensive

259 6.8

A person who acts in a strange, unpleasant way that makes others feel uncomfortable

is equally focused on unpleasant oddness rather than neutral difference

W

weirdo

vsweirdy

• Offensive

138 7.0

A person who acts in a strange or unusual way

adds a clear sense of unpleasantness to that same strangeness

K

kook

vsweirdy

• Offensive

37 8.8

A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way

is less about extreme craziness and more about unpleasant oddness

S

spook

vsweirdy

• Offensive

20 7.8

A person who seems strange and makes others uncomfortable

shares the same unpleasant judgement rather than a neutral label

O

oddball

vsweirdy

• Offensive

18 7.2

A person who acts in a strange way

casts that oddness as unpleasant rather than merely different

O

odd man

vsweirdy

• Informal

14 5.9

A person who does not fit in with a group

focuses instead on unpleasant oddness rather than mere social difference

O

odd man out

vsweirdy

• Informal

10 6.1

A person who is clearly different from others and does not fit in

is about being unpleasantly strange rather than only standing out

F

freakazoid

vsweirdy

• Offensive

4 9.9

A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way

focuses more on unpleasantness than on being extremely unusual

E

eccentric person

vsweirdy

2 6.0

A person with unusual habits or behavior

turns that neutral eccentricity into an unpleasant or disliked quality

O

odd fellow

vsweirdy

• Informal

2 6.8

A person who acts in a way people think is strange

stresses that the eccentricity is unpleasant rather than just unusual

B

bizarro

vsweirdy

• Slang

1 9.9

A person who behaves very strangely

adds a negative, unpleasant tone to that informal strangeness

W

weirdie

vsweirdy

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who acts in a strange way that others find unpleasant

is the same unpleasantly odd sense as this term

B

bit of a weirdo

vsweirdy

• Offensive

1 8.6

A person who acts a little strange or different

is harsher and stresses unpleasant oddness rather than mild unconventionality

Q

queer fish

vsweirdy

• Archaic

1 9.9

A person who seems strange to other people

is similar but adds a sense of being unpleasantly odd

O

odd fish

vsweirdy

• Informal

1 8.2

A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way

adds negative feeling and unpleasantness to that eccentric description

O

ouf

vsweirdy

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who behaves in a wild or strange way

is concerned with unpleasant oddness rather than wild craziness

Antonyms

N

normal

295 1.0

The usual or expected state

C

conventionalist

• Formal

1 7.7

Supporting the idea that rules come from social agreement

How Strange

freak

• Slur

756 5.5

weirdy

• Offensive

1 9.9

creep

• Offensive

259 6.8

eccentric person

2 6.0

odd man

• Informal

14 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology