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   eerie

   /ˈɪəri/

   adjective

   • 1. strange and frightening: "an eerie green glow in the sky"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’): probably from Old English earg ‘cowardly’, of Germanic origin; related to German arg.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eeriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEERIE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   EERIE definition: 1. strange in a frightening and mysterious way: 2. strange in a frightening and mysterious way…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of EERIE is so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine; also : seemingly not of earthly origin. How to use eerie in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Eerie.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEERIE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   The viewer has the eerie sense of trespassing on something unpolluted, unpopulated and somehow sacred. From Variety. Waiting for an experience apparently elicits more happiness and excitement than waiting for a material good (and more "pleasantness" too -- an eerie metric). From The Atlantic.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEERIE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Oct 14, 2016 · If you describe something as eerie, you mean that it seems strange and frightening.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitioneerie adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of eerie adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Eerie definition: uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird an eerie midnight howl.. See examples of EERIE used in a sentence.

8. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › eerieEERIE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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   Synonyms for EERIE: creepy, weird, haunting, spooky, uncanny, bizarre, unearthly, unusual; Antonyms of EERIE: normal, common, usual, ordinary, typical, commonplace, routine, everyday.

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   Eerie means spooky, creepy or suggestively supernatural. If it's eerie, it's sure to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › eerieeerie | meaning of eerie in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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    It was eerie, being in the factory without their sound. • Overhead , a bulb casts an eerie bluish light. • I had the eerie feeling that somebody was watching me.

11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englisheerie adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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    strange, mysterious, and frightening synonym uncanny an eerie yellow light I found the silence underwater really eerie.