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
eerier
comparative form of eerie
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.
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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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