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
eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)
Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
Synonyms: creepy, spooky
(Scotland) Frightened, timid.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
