weirds

Makes feel strange

Weirds is a verb meaning to make uncomfortable or uneasy, almost always appearing as weirds out: That guy weirds me out.

Something that weirds you out strikes you as strange or unsettling in a way that's hard to articulate.

The construction is informal and relatively recent, converting the adjective weird into a causative verb.

slang

vibes

Informal term for atmosphere

sensations · impressions · oddities · quirks · peculiarities · strangenesses · eccentricities · anomalies · curiosities · idiosyncrasies

supernatural

fate

Predetermined course of events

  • destinyPredetermined course of events
  • NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
  • Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples

doom · prophecy · Norns · foretelling · fateful · ordained · predestination · Macbeth · sisters · uncanny

verb

freaks

Unusual people or things

unnerves · spooks · disconcerts · bothers · alienates · estranges · discomfits · rattles · throws · perturbs

Opposites
emotional effect

weirdscomforts

Eases distress; pleasures

soothes · reassures · calms · relaxes · settles

sense of normalcy

weirdsnormalizes

Makes conform to standard

familiarizes · accustoms · habituates · grounds · acclimates

Phrases
Family

weird, weirdo, weirder, weirdly, weirdness, weirdest, weirded, weirding, weirdoes

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G