Weird vs. Creepy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Weird and Creepy
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Weird
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.
Creepy
Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin
A creepy feeling.
A creepy story.
Weird
Suggestive of the supernatural
Weird stories about ghosts.
Creepy
Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive
The creepy kids next door.
Weird
(Archaic)Of or relating to fate or the Fates.
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Creepy
Moving by creeping along.
Weird
Fate; destiny.
Creepy
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Weird
One's assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil.
Creepy
(informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
Weird
Slang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.
Creepy
(informal) Strangely repulsive.
That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
Weird
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
There are lots of weird people in this place.
Creepy
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy.
Weird
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.
Creepy
Annoying and unpleasant;
Some creepy kids were bothering her
Weird
(archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
Creepy
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;
A creepy story
I had a creepy-crawly feeling
Weird
(archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
Weird
(archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
Weird
(archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
There was a weird light shining above the hill.
Weird
(archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
Weird
A prediction.
Weird
A spell or charm.
Weird
That which comes to pass; a fact.
Weird
The Fates (personified).
Weird
(informal) Weirdness.
Weird
(transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
Weird
(transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.
Weird
(nonstandard) In a strange manner.
Weird
Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
Weird
A spell or charm.
Weird
Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
Weird
Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
Myself too had weird seizures.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
The weird sisters, hand in hand,Posters of the sea and land.
Weird
To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
Weird
Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters
Weird
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;
An eldritch screech
The three weird sisters
Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
An unearthly light
He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din
Weird
Strikingly odd or unusual;
Some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow
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