adjective · irregular · rare

eerie

eerie · eerier · eeriest

смішний, кумедний, забавний

жуткий, зловещий, странный, мрачный

unheimlich

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy wayInspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

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UK/ˈɪəɹi/US/ˈɪɚi/

» I got an eerie feeling as I entered the cave.

Meaning

2 senses

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
unheimlich
стра́нныйstránnyj, жу́ткийžútkij, злове́щийzlovéščij
inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
(Scotland)Frightened, timid.
unheimlich
жу́ткийžútkij, пуга́ющийpugájuščij, злове́щийzlovéščij

Examples

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I got an eerie feeling as I entered the cave.
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There was an eerie silence.
ruСтояла жуткая тишина.
deEs herrschte unheimliche Stille.
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Sami's house was eerie and dark.
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Yanni had a weird eerie feeling.
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Ziri's house is beautiful but eerie.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way:

frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way:

Origin

From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Pro

From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.

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