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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


Adjective

eeriest

superlative form of eerie: most eerie

Source: Wiktionary


EERIE

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.

EERY

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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