"weird" in the noun sense
1. Wyrd, Weird
fate personified any one of the three Weird Sisters
"weird" in the adjective sense
1. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
"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
2. weird
strikingly odd or unusual some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
"some trick of the moonlight
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