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WEIRDO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Synonyms:

crazy; looney; loony; nutcase; weirdo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("weirdo" is a kind of...):

lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Synonyms:

creep; spook; weirdie; weirdo; weirdy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("weirdo" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

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