eerie Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- an eerie feeling of deja vu
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adjective satellite inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
eery.
- an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
- an eerie midnight howl
WordNet
Ee"rie, Ee"ry adjective
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Etymology
Scotch, fr. AS.
earh timid.
Definitions
- 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.
- Affected with fear; affrighted.
Burns.
Webster 1913
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