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eerie
[ eer-ee ]
adjective
- uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird
an eerie midnight howl.
- Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear.
eerie
/ ˈɪəɪ /
adjective
- (esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·· adverb
- ··Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of eerie1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eerie1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There's an eerie silence in areas that once bustled with tourist activity.
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.
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.
Dancers rolled by on wheeled stools like little space people to some of Marcel Dupré’s eerie “24 Organ Inventions.”
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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