Eerie Definition

irē, ērē
eerier, eeriest
adjective
eerier, eeriest
Mysterious, uncanny, or weird, esp. in such a way as to frighten or disturb.
Webster's New World
Timid or frightened; uneasy because of superstitious fear.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Eerie

Adjective

Base Form:
eerie
Comparative:
eerier
Superlative:
eeriest

Origin of Eerie

  • From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”). Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English eri fearful from Old English earg cowardly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Eerie Sentence Examples

  • The evening sun made eerie shapes in the forested landscape.

  • All of them wore eerie red contact lenses.

  • It gave her an eerie feeling.

  • The eerie quiet that followed amplified the ringing of her ears.

  • Some of the tattoos of the dead still glowed, the eerie red tribal patterns punctuating the landscape.

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