EERIE

eerie, eery

(adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; “an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods”; “an eerie midnight howl”

eerie

(adjective) suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; “an eerie feeling of deja vu”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

Synonyms: creepy, spooky

(Scotland) Frightened, timid.

Synonyms

• See also strange

Source: Wiktionary


Ee"rie, Ee"ry, a. Etym: [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]

1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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