as in to bother
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it
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Recent Examples of weird out
Our journey begins with Mario and friends parading into the Flower Kingdom just as Bowser shows up to seize a Wonder Flower, a magical plant whose main property is to cause the entire universe to weird out.
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Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023
Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weird out
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The devil will persist in bothering Martin Luther until the bald-headed monk dispatches him by hurling a bottle of ink.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Imagine if the press covered all of that without bothering to even question it.—
Jeremy Gruber,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Economists have warned that a wide-scale trade war could significantly raise prices, and consumers appear to be worried as well.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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Because everything was included, all my son and I had to worry about was what to do and when to eat.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The intrigue: The freezing of federal funds and a takeover of the federal payments system and classified information by Elon Musk, an unelected ally of Trump, alarms the Jewish groups.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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Stevens, a former Treasury Department appointee under former President Barack Obama, said Americans should be alarmed by Musk and DOGE infiltrating federal agencies.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The traffic alert was released Friday at 5:35 p.m., and the last update concerning this incident was provided on Friday at 5:44 p.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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These findings have fueled discussions concerning the origin and implications of such complex behaviors.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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In a statement to TheWrap, Sue Obeidi, the director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Hollywood bureau, said she was disturbed by the posts.—
Dhanika Pineda,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2025
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This is this scene in ‘The Square,’ when a man jumps on the table to disturb others around him.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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View Comments Musk has always been distracted by his other businesses, like SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and his social media platform, X, and is now even more distracted by his role reshaping the federal government.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story—the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The statement angered Washington officials, who told reporters that Ukraine was downplaying deliveries to get more support from European countries.—
Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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President Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence angered Republicans by refusing to condemn government leaker Edward Snowden as well as her unorthodox foreign policy views on Russia and Syria, among other concerns.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Eagles upset Chiefs' three-peat dreams The Eagles' 40-22 victory at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans Sunday denied the Chiefs from becoming the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Charles Lindstrom, a 6-2 center for the Grove City basketball team, did a remarkable job in stopping Litchfield’s towering center, Bob McGee, as the Grove City cagers upset Litchfield 49-39 Tuesday at the Grove City floor.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Weird out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weird%20out. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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