Definition of eerie in English:

eerie

adjectiveeerier, eeriest ˈɪəriˈɪri

Strange and frightening.
an eerie green glow in the sky
Example sentencesExamples
- There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing.
- The plot begins with a woman who witnesses a murder on a dark and eerie night.
- The sun was setting and it cast an eerie red glow upon the tan walls of my small room.
- The eerie yellowish glow on the horizon turned out to be vapor lights from a large greenhouse.
- It's the later war scenes, in which there are no scenes of war, that are weird and eerie.
- The echoes of the last gunshot had died long ago, replaced by an unnatural and eerie silence.
- They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone.
- Amidst floating human and animals corpses, only the sea waves break the eerie silence.
- The sound was particularly successful in adding an eerie feel to the mysterious and compelling plot.
- Dark grayish smoke smothered the scene and the eerie green fire ate away at the hole in front of him.
- From somewhere in the emptiness behind us there comes a faint, eerie howl.
- He hated how his uncle crept up silently on him; it was both eerie and uncanny.
- An eerie young boy keeps hanging about outside her Central Park apartment.
- It's dark and eerie - a bizarre experience enhanced by the narcosis that is slowly creeping up on me.
- Over the next few days we cut holes in the sea ice and dived beneath it, which was strange but beautiful in an eerie sort of way.
- We move swiftly past riotously colonised rock faces of the cliffs into the eerie green water below the arch.
- Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time.
- This chapter has an eerie, sombre feeling which draws their investigation to a close.
- The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling.
- Some show York street scenes so deserted that they have an eerie quality.
Synonyms
uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish
frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling
Scottish eldritch
informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky
British informal rum

Derivatives

eeriness

nounˈɪərɪnəsˈɪrinəs

There was an aura of strangeness around the set, a sort of quiet eeriness to it all.
Example sentencesExamples
- But, today there was just this eeriness about the place that I could not explain and office space was being given away for $0.50 per square foot.
- A high school graduation dance displays an eeriness that makes me thankful I never have to step foot inside a classroom ever again.
- This location's far back from the main road, so it's deathly quiet, which only adds to the general eeriness.
- I'm thinking of the score Philip Glass did for Dracula and how it brought the film to a whole new level of eeriness, an emotional impact that I don't think it ever achieved before that.

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.

The word eerie ‘strange and frightening’ was originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’. The focus then moved from feelings of fear to the cause of the fear. It probably comes from Old English earg ‘cowardly’.

Rhymes

beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary

Definition of eerie in US English:

eerie

adjectiveˈɪriˈirē

Strange and frightening.
an eerie green glow in the sky
Example sentencesExamples
- An eerie young boy keeps hanging about outside her Central Park apartment.
- It's the later war scenes, in which there are no scenes of war, that are weird and eerie.
- The plot begins with a woman who witnesses a murder on a dark and eerie night.
- The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling.
- The echoes of the last gunshot had died long ago, replaced by an unnatural and eerie silence.
- This chapter has an eerie, sombre feeling which draws their investigation to a close.
- The sound was particularly successful in adding an eerie feel to the mysterious and compelling plot.
- He hated how his uncle crept up silently on him; it was both eerie and uncanny.
- There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing.
- Over the next few days we cut holes in the sea ice and dived beneath it, which was strange but beautiful in an eerie sort of way.
- Dark grayish smoke smothered the scene and the eerie green fire ate away at the hole in front of him.
- It's dark and eerie - a bizarre experience enhanced by the narcosis that is slowly creeping up on me.
- Amidst floating human and animals corpses, only the sea waves break the eerie silence.
- The eerie yellowish glow on the horizon turned out to be vapor lights from a large greenhouse.
- Some show York street scenes so deserted that they have an eerie quality.
- They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone.
- From somewhere in the emptiness behind us there comes a faint, eerie howl.
- The sun was setting and it cast an eerie red glow upon the tan walls of my small room.
- Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time.
- We move swiftly past riotously colonised rock faces of the cliffs into the eerie green water below the arch.
Synonyms
uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish

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.

单词	eerie
释义	Definition of eerie in English: eerie adjectiveeerier, eeriest ˈɪəriˈɪri Strange and frightening. an eerie green glow in the sky Example sentencesExamples There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing. The plot begins with a woman who witnesses a murder on a dark and eerie night. The sun was setting and it cast an eerie red glow upon the tan walls of my small room. The eerie yellowish glow on the horizon turned out to be vapor lights from a large greenhouse. It's the later war scenes, in which there are no scenes of war, that are weird and eerie. The echoes of the last gunshot had died long ago, replaced by an unnatural and eerie silence. They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone. Amidst floating human and animals corpses, only the sea waves break the eerie silence. The sound was particularly successful in adding an eerie feel to the mysterious and compelling plot. Dark grayish smoke smothered the scene and the eerie green fire ate away at the hole in front of him. From somewhere in the emptiness behind us there comes a faint, eerie howl. He hated how his uncle crept up silently on him; it was both eerie and uncanny. An eerie young boy keeps hanging about outside her Central Park apartment. It's dark and eerie - a bizarre experience enhanced by the narcosis that is slowly creeping up on me. Over the next few days we cut holes in the sea ice and dived beneath it, which was strange but beautiful in an eerie sort of way. We move swiftly past riotously colonised rock faces of the cliffs into the eerie green water below the arch. Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time. This chapter has an eerie, sombre feeling which draws their investigation to a close. The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling. Some show York street scenes so deserted that they have an eerie quality. Synonyms uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling Scottish eldritch informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky British informal rum Derivatives eeriness nounˈɪərɪnəsˈɪrinəs There was an aura of strangeness around the set, a sort of quiet eeriness to it all. Example sentencesExamples But, today there was just this eeriness about the place that I could not explain and office space was being given away for $0.50 per square foot. A high school graduation dance displays an eeriness that makes me thankful I never have to step foot inside a classroom ever again. This location's far back from the main road, so it's deathly quiet, which only adds to the general eeriness. I'm thinking of the score Philip Glass did for Dracula and how it brought the film to a whole new level of eeriness, an emotional impact that I don't think it ever achieved before that. 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. The word eerie ‘strange and frightening’ was originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’. The focus then moved from feelings of fear to the cause of the fear. It probably comes from Old English earg ‘cowardly’. Rhymes beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary Definition of eerie in US English: eerie adjectiveˈɪriˈirē Strange and frightening. an eerie green glow in the sky Example sentencesExamples An eerie young boy keeps hanging about outside her Central Park apartment. It's the later war scenes, in which there are no scenes of war, that are weird and eerie. The plot begins with a woman who witnesses a murder on a dark and eerie night. The room was dark, except for an eerie glow of green from a weak neon lamp on the ceiling. The echoes of the last gunshot had died long ago, replaced by an unnatural and eerie silence. This chapter has an eerie, sombre feeling which draws their investigation to a close. The sound was particularly successful in adding an eerie feel to the mysterious and compelling plot. He hated how his uncle crept up silently on him; it was both eerie and uncanny. There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing. Over the next few days we cut holes in the sea ice and dived beneath it, which was strange but beautiful in an eerie sort of way. Dark grayish smoke smothered the scene and the eerie green fire ate away at the hole in front of him. It's dark and eerie - a bizarre experience enhanced by the narcosis that is slowly creeping up on me. Amidst floating human and animals corpses, only the sea waves break the eerie silence. The eerie yellowish glow on the horizon turned out to be vapor lights from a large greenhouse. Some show York street scenes so deserted that they have an eerie quality. They are concerned for elderly neighbours who can be left terrified by the eerie silences on the end of the phone. From somewhere in the emptiness behind us there comes a faint, eerie howl. The sun was setting and it cast an eerie red glow upon the tan walls of my small room. Backstage is strangely eerie, so I go to my dressing-room for some quiet time. We move swiftly past riotously colonised rock faces of the cliffs into the eerie green water below the arch. Synonyms uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish 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.
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