Antonyms for weirdness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : weerd

Phonetic Transcription : wɪərd

Definition of weirdness

Origin : Old English wyrd (n.) "fate, destiny," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic *wurthis (cf. Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," (cf. German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become."
The modern sense of weird developed from Middle English use of weird sisters for the three fates or Norns (in Germanic mythology), the goddesses who controlled human destiny. They were portrayed as odd or frightening in appearance, as in "Macbeth," which led to the adjectival meaning "odd-looking, uncanny," first recorded 1815.

As in aberration : noun state of abnormality
As in strangeness : noun unfamiliarity
As in preternaturalness : noun abnormality
As in quirkiness : noun eccentricity
As in singularity : noun eccentricity
As in unnaturalness : noun abnormality
As in abnormality : noun being different from standard or norm
As in eccentricity : noun bizarreness, unusualness

Example sentences :

I looked round, and a feeling of awe and weirdness crept over me.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

There wasn't any weirdness about the ship when I woke in the sunlight.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

The unexpected wild vehemence and weirdness of it were striking in the extreme.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

Awe and weirdness followed in the trail of that cannon ball of wind.
Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Ohio » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The changing lights added to the beauty and weirdness of the scene.
Extract from : « Five Thousand Miles Underground » by Roy Rockwood

The sing-song calls of the players added to the weirdness of the scene.
Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico » by Frank Gee Patchin

Whatever the weirdness and adventure, Jerome was getting nowhere.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

There was weirdness in its colour, almost cabalistic—a call out of the occult.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

Perhaps it was the weirdness and the tremulous intoxication of the music.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

If he were aware of the weirdness of their situation no sign betrayed it.
Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner

Synonyms for weirdness

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