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eerie

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[ eer-ee ]

adjective

eerier, eeriest.
  1. uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird

    an eerie midnight howl.

  2. Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear.


eerie

/ ˈɪəɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eerie1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English eri, dialectal variant of argh, Old English earg “cǷɲ”; cognate with Old Frisian erg, Old Norse argr “e,” German arg “cǷɲ”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eerie1

C13: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from Old English earg cowardly, miserable
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Synonym Study

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There's an eerie silence in areas that once bustled with tourist activity.

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New York — An eerie, overpowering force has taken over the Marquis Theatre, home of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which had its official Broadway opening on Tuesday.

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In a 2003 case that has some eerie parallels to Garcia’s, Wilkinson wrote an opinion that the New York Times called “a major legal victory” for the administration of President George W. Bush.

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Dancers rolled by on wheeled stools like little space people to some of Marcel Dupré’s eerie “24 Organ Inventions.”

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In 1996 I worked at Disney Interactive, my Windows 95 operating system skinned with an “X-Files” theme; when I arrived early, the TV show’s eerie chimes echoed across the empty office.

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