plural weirdos
: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric
Synonyms of weirdo
Examples of weirdo in a Sentence
Noun one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about Adjective he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
Recent Examples on the Web
Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026 About watching a movie that isn’t trying to be great, but is trying to do something, anything, to entertain weirdos like you. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Drew Broussard, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 As with other weirdo classics like Demilich’s Nespithe, Mastery’s VALIS, and Lykathea Aflame’s Elvenefris, Bekor Qilish has staked out his own hyper-specific crevasse of metal, and he’s gotten comfortable enough to start mercilessly bulldozing through it. —Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weirdo
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Noun
Surrounded by a delightful cast of weirdos — with a scene-stealing, hilarious turn by Marc Maron as sleazy director Sam Sylvia — GLOW is a comedy match-up worth cheering for. —Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026 About watching a movie that isn’t trying to be great, but is trying to do something, anything, to entertain weirdos like you. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Give me this kind of weirdo interpretation over yet-another-stuffy-period-piece any day! —Drew Broussard, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 As with other weirdo classics like Demilich’s Nespithe, Mastery’s VALIS, and Lykathea Aflame’s Elvenefris, Bekor Qilish has staked out his own hyper-specific crevasse of metal, and he’s gotten comfortable enough to start mercilessly bulldozing through it. —Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weirdo
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“Weirdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/weirdo. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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