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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ee•rie or ee•ry/ˈɪri/USA pronunciation adj., -ri•er, -ri•est. - strange and mysterious, so as to inspire awe: an eerie feeling in the graveyard.
ee•ri•ly /ˈɪrəli/USA pronunciation adv. ee•ri•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ee•rie (ēr′ē),USA pronunciation adj., -ri•er, -ri•est. - uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear;
weird:an eerie midnight howl. - Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]affected with superstitious fear.
Also, eery. - 1250–1300; Middle English eri, dialect, dialectal variant of argh, Old English earg cowardly; cognate with Old Frisian erg, Old Norse argr evil, German arg cowardly
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See weird.
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