weirdness

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US/ˈwɪɚdnəs/

noun

The state or quality of being weird.

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abnormalityeccentricityeerinessparanormalpeculiarityqueernessunearthlinessoutlandishness
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Meanings

nounweirdness (countable and uncountable, plural weirdnesses)

plural weirdnesses

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being weird.

    Kinky people are capable of amazingly complicated relationships that are not for the faint of heart. Be warned, as we continue our journey – the road ahead is bumpy and paved with weirdness.

    2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 31
  2. countableThe result or product of being weird.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
abnormalityeccentricityeerinessparanormalpeculiarityqueernessunearthliness

nounstrikingly out of the ordinary

Similar
outlandishnessbizarreness
Broader
unfamiliaritystrangeness
Also see
abnormalcyabnormalismabnormalityabnormityaliennessanomalousnessanomalyatypicalitybizarrenessdeviancyenormityextraordinarinessfreakishnessnonnormalityoddityoddnessoutlandishnesspeculiarnessqueernessstrangenessuncanninessunusualityunusualness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From weird + -ness.

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Translations

Turkish gariplik, tuhaflık
  • gariplikstate or quality of being weird
  • tuhaflıkstate or quality of being weird

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wiredness
Cite this entry
APA

weirdness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdness

MLA

“weirdness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weirdness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weirdness.

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