eerie
or ee·ry
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird an eerie midnight howl.
Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear.
Origin of eerie
1synonym study For eerie
Other words from eerie
- ee·ri·ly, adverb
- ee·ri·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with eerie
- aerie, eerie
Words Nearby eerie
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How to use eerie in a sentence
Faintly we heard the eerie traces of high-pitched whale song, the complicated variation that the males sing, perhaps to warn off other males.
Though this groundbreaking work could lead to better treatments for stroke and other brain injuries, it also opened an eerie gray zone between the living and the dead.
The next day was beautiful, made eerie by the absence of the activity that usually pervades the first day of school in any city.
It’s an odd concept, but in Schweblin’s hands, it works, and the result is an eerie, fascinating meditation on privacy, surveillance, and performance.
Yet our first step was taken even earlier, revealed by an eerie homage to the underworld buried within the foothills of Turkey’s Taurus Mountains.
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Yet the eerie echoing of the earlier faux interview in another major media outlet was unsettling for jazz lovers.
Yet there are glimpses of surpassingly eerie dystopian beauty.
American Dreams: Did William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ Blueprint Our Reality? | Nathaniel Rich | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn examination of the eerie similarities between Litchfield Prison and Agrestic.
Orange Is the New Weeds: The Adventures of Jenji Kohan Across the 8th Dimension | Rich Goldstein, Emily Shire | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus wearing gowns, gloves, goggles and masks imparts an eerie moonwalk sensation as one enters the facility.
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Punks, UFOs, and Heroin: How ‘Liquid Sky’ Became a Cult Movie | Daniel Genis | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOverhead the rocky walls began to close, the light grew dim, ahead came that eerie glow from the magnetic statue.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellShe smiled like one who saw a happy vision, and an eerie expression stole into her face.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerWith another eerie howl the machine soared once more and bobbed completely over the cone to the street which must lie beyond it.
Star Born | Andre NortonThe eerie scream that came echoing through the ship seemed to lift up every single strand of hair on Thompson's head.
Thompson's Cat | Robert Moore WilliamsAs Barney said, it made him “feel quite solemn-like and eerie to travel through the woods by wather.”
Martin Rattler | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for eerie
/ (ˈɪərɪ) /
(esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly
Origin of eerie
1Derived forms of eerie
- eerily, adverb
- eeriness, noun
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