Meaning

1 senses

  1. An eerie creature or thing.

Examples

35 sentences

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

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  2. There was an eerie silence.

    ruСтояла жуткая тишина. — whatnot

    deEs herrschte unheimliche Stille. — Dani6187

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  3. Sami's house was eerie and dark.

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  4. Yanni had a weird eerie feeling.

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  5. Ziri's house is beautiful but eerie.

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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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Forms

plural: eeries
Singulareerie
Pluraleeries

regular

See also

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