weirder

ADJECTIVE

odd, bizarre

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awful creepy curious eccentric eerie freaky funky ghastly haunting horrific kooky magical mysterious outlandish peculiar spooky strange supernatural unnatural

STRONG

grotesque occult oddball secret singular

WEAK

awe-inspiring dreadful far-out fearful flaky ghostly inscrutable kinky ominous preternatural supernal uncanny uncouth unearthly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

boring common dull familiar genuine good natural normal ordinary plain pleasant pleasing real regular standard usual

STRONG

known

Example Sentences

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weirder

Then, things got weirder: Oil prices retreated to pre-conflict levels in June, but Treasury yields fell only a little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Everything we do that’s perceived as absurd always starts from a real place of: ‘Something like this exists, and we’re going to expand upon it and go deeper and weirder with it.’

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

Gian Carlo Menotti’s gothic libretto felt weirder than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Where we’re headed could be a lot weirder and more dangerous.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

In other words, even weirder than I thought.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead