Eerie

Word EERIE
Character 5
Hyphenation ee rie
Pronunciations /ˈɪəɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Eerie"

What do we mean by eerie?

Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. synonym: weird. adjective

Frightened or intimidated by superstition. adjective

See eery.

Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird. adjective

Affected with fear; affrighted. adjective

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring. adjective

Fearful, timid. adjective

Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious adjective

Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening adjective

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

Frightened, timid.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Eerie

The word "eerie" in example sentences

When the final buzzer sounded, the Woodinville junior was overcome with what she called an "eerie" feeling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

What really makes button, button so eerie, is its familiarity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What's eerie is that Republicans then were saying some of the same things Democrats are saying now. ❋ Dan Balz (2010)

But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The stage is completely clear, except for a chair in eerie spotlight. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ordinary things gain eerie contours when illuminated by the imagination of this lonely girl. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mysore, and they mirror the Maccabees story in eerie and powerful ways. ❋ Unknown (2006)

To call this tale eerie is a bit of an understatement. ❋ Unknown (2005)

STREATOR -- Soldiers 'paths may cross in eerie ways years after the battles have ended. ❋ Unknown (1990)

No word was spoken, and in eerie silence the strange ships crept stealthily onwards, and cast anchor beside the ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

And there are the strangest and most mysterious plates in it, at which I sat looking for half an hour, till I felt 'eerie' - that vague, half-frightened feeling as if something supernatural were about one. ❋ Unknown (1892)

From the very beginning the book had a certain eerie, something isn’t quite right atmosphere to it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I felt it was stretching a point to call the eerie creature picking its delicate way down the rocks a dog, but hoped that it might yet share a few basic character traits with its tame descendants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is quiet and eerie, which is how it always feels when going to a war zone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Experiencing some of those severe winds, although just moments ago there was dead calm that was described as eerie by Anderson Cooper and John Zarrella. ❋ Unknown (2005)

KING: You know, Christiane, listening to that polytonous chanting and singing, so eerie, that is something that is done by shepherds all around the Mediterranean area. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Cheyne nodded as he recalled the eerie wail they had heard as they climbed the stairs. ❋ McLaren, Teri (1996)

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