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ee·rie (ee·ry)
 eerie (eery)
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- pronunciation:
- i
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| inflections: |
eerier, eeriest |
| definition: |
mysterious and frightening; weird.
Eerie laughter was coming from the rooms upstairs.We witnessed an eerie light in the sky.She suddenly had an eerie feeling that she was not alone in the room.- synonyms:
- mysterious, spooky, unearthly, weird
- similar words:
- chilling, creepy, ghostly, odd, preternatural, scary, spectral, strange, uncanny, unnatural
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| related words: |
inhuman, macabre |
adverb + (adj.)eerie (eery)
almost, downright, kind, positively, slightly, somewhat
(adj.)eerie (eery)
+ adverb
outside
(adj.)eerie (eery)
+ noun
absence,
atmosphere,
backdrop,
beam,
calm,
cave,
cavern,
chorus,
clarity,
coincidence,
cry,
desert,
dusk,
echo,
familiarity,
feeling,
flash,
fog,
footage,
formation,
gaze,
ghost,
glow,
green,
grin,
howl,
hush,
landscape,
light,
luminescence,
mask,
mist,
moan,
moaning,
motion,
noise,
organ,
parallel,
pause,
phosphorescence,
precision,
premonition,
prescience,
quality,
quiet,
realm,
red,
reflection,
reminder,
replay,
resemblance,
roar,
scene,
screech,
sensation,
serenity,
shadow,
shriek,
sight,
silence,
silhouette,
similarity,
smell,
sound,
soundtrack,
stillness,
tale,
tone,
tune,
void,
wail,
wailing,
warning,
whine,
whistle,
whistling,
wind
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| derivations: |
eerily (adv.), eeriness (n.) |
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