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strange in a frightening and mysterious way: She heard the eerie noise of the wind howling through the trees. eerie feeling He had the eerie feeling that he had met this stranger before. Synonyms. bizarre. curious (STRANGE) eccentric (STRANGE) flaky (PERSON) informal sometimes offensive. freakish. funny (STRANGE) odd (STRANGE)
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.
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.
Eerie definition: uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird an eerie midnight howl.. See examples of EERIE used in a sentence.
If you describe something as eerie, you mean that it seems strange and frightening, and makes you feel nervous. I walked down the eerie dark path. ...an eerie calm.
strange in a frightening and mysterious way: She heard the eerie noise of the wind howling through the trees. eerie feeling He had the eerie feeling that he had met this stranger before. Synonyms. bizarre. curious (STRANGE) eccentric (STRANGE) flaky (PERSON) informal sometimes offensive. freakish. funny (STRANGE) odd (STRANGE)
Definition of eerie adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. See Synonyms at weird. 2. Scots Frightened or intimidated by superstition. [Middle English eri, fearful, from Old English earg, cowardly .] ee′ri·ly adv. ee′ri·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Eerie definition: Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
eerie. adjective. uk / ˈɪəri / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. unusual and slightly frightening: an eerie silence. eerily. adverb.
