![]() The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource. In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter. It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. This entry was posted in For Learners and tagged english, language, weird words.The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. – delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal – hand of cards containing no card above a nine zoanthropy ![]() – to gulp down quickly and greedily yarborough – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toeĪ close second to “tittynope” in the eyebrow-raiser category xertz Think – “the valedictorian of hypochondriacs” winklepicker – a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health Or that you do, and nobody uses this word anymore. Undoubtedly the biggest eyebrow-raiser on this list! ulotrichousįirst time you’ve heard this word? It’s probably a good indication that you don’t have wooly or crispy hair. – a small quantity of something left over – high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps tittynope – the offspring of interbreeding rats and raccoons salopettes – small shoot growing from the root of a plant ![]() If you had to figure out how to use this word in context, you probably wouldn’t say much either. – a creature that is half ox, half otter pauciloquentĪdj. – having a good sense of smell nudiustertian – loudness and clarity of enunciation macrosmaticĪdj. This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee. – pertaining to breakfast kakorrhaphiophobia ![]() – a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight impignorateĪdj. – in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign gabelle – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehogĪlthough she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “looking quite erinaceous this evening.” firman – old English word for bagpipe erinaceousĪdj. – to sabotage with cabbage and/or Vermont Cabot Cheese doodle sack – coastal navigation the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders – to drink often to eat and/or drink noisily cabotage – admiration of a particular part of someone’s body bibble If you’re confused as to how to answer any – or all – of these questions, never fear! We’ve created this confusion, and we’re here to clear it up with this alphabetical list of 26 weird English words and their meanings.ĭo you have a favorite weird word in English or any other language? Drop us the word and definition in the comments section below! agastopia Have you ever worn winklepickers or salopettes? Is the saying about French women and their oxters true? Do your friends complain that you bibble too much? Have you ever experienced zoanthropy and been convinced you were an elephant? ![]()
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