weird out
Make someone uncomfortable
Weird out means to make someone feel uncomfortable, unsettled, or creeped out.
It suggests causing a sense of unease rather than outright fear.
That guy at the party was really weirding me out.
The phrasal verb can also be used intransitively to describe becoming unsettled: I totally weirded out when I saw the doll collection.
Someone or something that weirds you out triggers feelings of strangeness or discomfort that are hard to articulate.
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
rattle · throw off · put off · disquiet · faze · spook · jar · jolt
Disturbingly strange
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
strange · bizarre · otherworldly · supernatural · chilling · sinister · ominous · haunting
Cause emotional separation
- distanceSpace between two points
- repelDrive off or disgust
- put offTo postpone action
- isolateSeparate from others
disconnect · exclude · ostracize · marginalize · push away · drive away · turn off · disaffect
unnerve
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- perturbTo disturb deeply
disturb · rattle · throw off · put off · disquiet · faze · spook · jar · jolt · shake
creepy
Disturbingly strange
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
off-putting · strange · bizarre · otherworldly · supernatural · chilling · sinister · ominous · haunting · macabre
estrange
Cause emotional separation
isolate · disconnect · exclude · ostracize · marginalize · push away · drive away · turn off · disaffect · separate