eerie
Americanadjective
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uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird
an eerie midnight howl.
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Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear.
adjective
Related Words
See weird.
Other Word Forms
- eerily adverb
- eeriness noun
Etymology
Origin of eerie
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English eri, dialectal variant of argh, Old English earg “cowardly”; cognate with Old Frisian erg, Old Norse argr “evil,” German arg “cowardly”
Example Sentences
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"It's still relatively calm as there are only loud noises every few hours, but it is eerie because this is not the Dubai we are used to," Jaganathan explained.
From BBC
Using AI to generate images, Mr. Park collages these pictures together, then runs the result through CRT TVs, replicating the flickering, eerie results in photorealistic canvases.
In Niagara’s eerie silence, some of the newly faithful predicted miracles, others the world’s end.
From Literature
In one of the big red oaks, a small screech owl started his eerie twitter.
From Literature
"This is Mexico after all - usually there'd be music, people outside, people enjoying life, and there's a really, kind of eerie, feeling in the air here," he added.
From BBC
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