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If you’re designing for the web today, you are probably using Sketch. We do,too, so we created “The Sketch Handbook”, filled with many practical examplesand tutorials in 12 jam-packed chapters.
- An Introduction To Sketch
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- Improve Your Email Workflow With Modular Design
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- Understanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering
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- Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts
- Dear Web Font Providers
- Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)
- Creating Exciting And Unusual Visual Hierarchies
- Type Makes A Difference: An Exploration Of Type-Focused Websites
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- On Creative Leadership
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- Using Brainwriting For Rapid Ideas Generation
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weird
involving or suggesting the supernatural: a weird glowing object in the sky; fantastic; bizarre: That’s a weird costume you are wearing.Not to be confused with:
wired – equipped with wires; made of wire; consisting of or made of wires: a wired barrier; connected electronically to computer networks; a feeling of excitement or anticipation; edgy: You’re certainly wired today.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
weird
(wîrd)adj.weird·er, weird·est1. Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange: He lives in a weird old house on a dark street. Your neighbor is said to be a little weird. I felt a little weird after drinking that tea.
2. Suggestive of the supernatural: weird stories about ghosts.
n.Archaic2. One's assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil.
tr. & intr.v.weird·ed, weird·ing
, weirdsSlang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.
[Middle English werd, wird, fate (often in the pl. wirdes, the Fates), from Old English wyrd; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
weird′ness n.
Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly
These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature. Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: 'Nameless voices—weird sounds that awake in a Southern forest at twilight's approach,—were crying a sinister welcome to the settling gloom' (Kate Chopin).'The platypus ... seemed so weird when first discovered that a specimen sent to a museum was thought to be a hoax: bits of mammal and bits of bird stitched together' (Richard Dawkins).
Something eerie inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: 'His white countenance was rendered eerie by the redness of the sagging lids below his eyes' (John Updike).
Uncanny refers to what is impossible to explain or accept: 'My mother had an uncanny ability to see right through to my motives. At the time I wondered if she had ESP' (Porter Shreve).
Something unearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: 'The joy of having escaped death made the unearthly ruins of Hamburg seem more like a smoldering paradise than the purgatory other people thought our once lovely city had become' (Marione Ingram).
These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature. Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: 'Nameless voices—weird sounds that awake in a Southern forest at twilight's approach,—were crying a sinister welcome to the settling gloom' (Kate Chopin).'The platypus ... seemed so weird when first discovered that a specimen sent to a museum was thought to be a hoax: bits of mammal and bits of bird stitched together' (Richard Dawkins).
Something eerie inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: 'His white countenance was rendered eerie by the redness of the sagging lids below his eyes' (John Updike).
Uncanny refers to what is impossible to explain or accept: 'My mother had an uncanny ability to see right through to my motives. At the time I wondered if she had ESP' (Porter Shreve).
Something unearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: 'The joy of having escaped death made the unearthly ruins of Hamburg seem more like a smoldering paradise than the purgatory other people thought our once lovely city had become' (Marione Ingram).
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
weird
(wɪəd) adj1. (Alternative Belief Systems) suggestive of or relating to the supernatural; eerie
3. (Classical Myth & Legend) archaic of or relating to fate or the Fates
n5. (Classical Myth & Legend) one of the Fates
vb
[Old English (ge)wyrd destiny; related to weorthan to become, Old Norse urthr bane, Old Saxon wurd; see worth2]
ˈweirdnessn
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
weird
(wɪərd)adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.
1. involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound.
2. strange; unusual; peculiar: a weird costume.
3. Archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny.
n. Chiefly Scot. [before 900; (n.) Middle English (northern form of wird), Old English wyrd; akin to worth2; (adj.) Middle English, orig. attributive n. in phrase werde sisters the Fates (popularized as appellation of the witches in Macbeth)]
weird′ness,n.
syn: weird, eerie, uncanny refer to that which is mysterious and apparently outside natural law. weird suggests the intervention of supernatural influences in human affairs: weird doings in the haunted house; a weird coincidence.eerie refers to something ghostly that makes one's flesh creep: eerie moans from a deserted house.uncanny refers to an extraordinary or remarkable thing that seems to defy the laws established by experience: an uncanny ability to recall numbers.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
weird
Past participle: weirded
Gerund: weirding
| Imperative |
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| weird |
| weird |
| Present |
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| I weird |
| you weird |
| he/she/it weirds |
| we weird |
| you weird |
| they weird |
| Preterite |
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| I weirded |
| you weirded |
| he/she/it weirded |
| we weirded |
| you weirded |
| they weirded |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am weirding |
| you are weirding |
| he/she/it is weirding |
| we are weirding |
| you are weirding |
| they are weirding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have weirded |
| you have weirded |
| he/she/it has weirded |
| we have weirded |
| you have weirded |
| they have weirded |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was weirding |
| you were weirding |
| he/she/it was weirding |
| we were weirding |
| you were weirding |
| they were weirding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had weirded |
| you had weirded |
| he/she/it had weirded |
| we had weirded |
| you had weirded |
| they had weirded |
| Future |
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| I will weird |
| you will weird |
| he/she/it will weird |
| we will weird |
| you will weird |
| they will weird |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have weirded |
| you will have weirded |
| he/she/it will have weirded |
| we will have weirded |
| you will have weirded |
| they will have weirded |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be weirding |
| you will be weirding |
| he/she/it will be weirding |
| we will be weirding |
| you will be weirding |
| they will be weirding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been weirding |
| you have been weirding |
| he/she/it has been weirding |
| we have been weirding |
| you have been weirding |
| they have been weirding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been weirding |
| you will have been weirding |
| he/she/it will have been weirding |
| we will have been weirding |
| you will have been weirding |
| they will have been weirding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been weirding |
| you had been weirding |
| he/she/it had been weirding |
| we had been weirding |
| you had been weirding |
| they had been weirding |
| Conditional |
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| I would weird |
| you would weird |
| he/she/it would weird |
| we would weird |
| you would weird |
| they would weird |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have weirded |
| you would have weirded |
| he/she/it would have weirded |
| we would have weirded |
| you would have weirded |
| they would have weirded |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| Noun | 1. | Weird - fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons |
| Adj. | 1. | weird - 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 supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; 'supernatural forces and occurrences and beings' |
| 2. | weird - strikingly odd or unusual; 'some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow'- Bram Stoker strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; 'a strange exaltation that was indefinable'; 'a strange fantastical mind'; 'what a strange sense of humor she has' |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
weird
adjective1.strange, odd, unusual, bizarre, ghostly, mysterious, queer, unearthly, eerie, grotesque, supernatural, unnatural, far-out(slang), uncanny, spooky(informal), creepy(informal), eldritch(poetic)I had such a weird dream last night.
strangenatural, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, typical, mundane
strangenatural, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, typical, mundane
2.bizarre, odd, strange, unusual, queer, grotesque, unnatural, creepy(informal), outlandish, freakishI don't like that guy - he's really weird.
bizarrecommon, natural, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, typical
bizarrecommon, natural, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, typical
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
weird
adjective1. Of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature:Informal: spooky.
2. Deviating from the customary:bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual.
British Slang: rum, rummy.
3. Causing puzzlement; perplexing:
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
podivný
bizarrecheloudrôleétrangesingulier
Weird Science
annarlegur, dularfullur
変な
dīvainsmistisks
čuden
แปลกประหลาด
kỳ dị
weird
[wɪəd]ADJ (weirder (compar) (weirdest (superl))) → raro, extrañothe weird thing is that → lo raroes que ...
all sorts of weird and wonderful things → todo tipo de cosasextraordinarias
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
weird
[ˈwɪərd]adj [person, appearance] → bizarre; [experience, coincidence, feeling] → bizarreIt felt weird going back to Liverpool → Cela faisaitbizarre de revenir à Liverpool.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
weird
adj (+er)(= uncanny) → unheimlich; (inf: = odd) → seltsam
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
weird
[wɪəd]adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → strano/a, bizzarro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
weird
(wiəd) adjective odd or very strange. a weird story; She wears weird clothes. vreemd غَريب чудат estranho podivný, výstřední seltsam underlig παράξενος, αλλόκοτοςextraño, raro kummaline غيرعادي outo bizarreמוזר निराला čudan, neobičan furcsa aneh annarlegur, dularfullur strano, bizzarro 奇妙な 이상한, 기묘한 keistas dīvains; mistisks aneh, ganjil, pelik vreemdeiendommelig, merkelig, nifsdziwacznyestranho ciudat, bizar странный; причудливый čudný, zvláštny; výstredný čuden čudan konstig แปลกประหลาด acayip, garip 古怪的 чудний, чудернацький انوکھا kỳ lạ 古怪的
ˈweirdly adverb aardig بِغَرابَه странно estranhamente podivně unheimlich underligt παράξενα, αλλόκοταextrañamente kummaliselt بطرز غيرعادي oudosti bizarrement בְּאוֹפֶן מוּזָר निरालेपन से čudno, neobično különösen secara aneh annarlega stranamente, bizzarramente 奇妙に 기묘하게 keistai dīvaini dengan aneh vreemdselsomt, merkelig, nifst dziwacznie estranhamente (în mod) bizar странно zvláštne čudno čudno konstigt อย่างแปลกประหลาด acayip bir şekilde 古怪地 чудернацьки انوکھے انداز سے một cách kỳ lạ 古怪地
ˈweirdness noun aardigheid غَرابَه странност estranheza výstřednost das Unheimliche besynderlighed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. παράξενο(ς), αλλόκοτο(ς) cualidad de extraño, rareza kummalisus غرابت outous étrangetéמוזרות निरालापन neobičnost rejtelmes/különös/furcsa jelleg keanehan annarleiki stranezza, bizzarria 奇妙さ 기묘함 keistumas dīvainība; dīvainums keanehan vreemdheidselsomhet; uhyggelighetdziwaczność estranheza ciudăţenie, stranietate странность výstrednosť nenavadnost čudnost konstighet ความแปลกประหลาด acayiplik 古怪 чудернацькість انوکھا پن sự kỳ lạ 古怪
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
weird
→ عَجِيب podivný underligseltsamαλλόκοτοςextraño omituinenbizarre čudanbizzarro 変な 별난vreemd
underligdziwnyesquisitoсверхъестественный konstigWeird Websites
แปลกประหลาดWeird Thesaurus
acayip kỳ dị怪异的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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