Definitions for: Eerie


[adj] so strange as to inspire a feeling of fear; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"
[adj] suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ee"rie, Eery Ee"ry, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. 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.

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. --Burns.

Synonyms: eery, spooky, strange, unnatural, unusual

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