eerie
IPA: ˈɪri
noun
- An eerie creature or thing.
- Alternative form of eyrie [The nest of a bird of prey.]
adjective
- Strange, weird, fear-inspiring, especially in a shadowy or mysterious way.
- (Scotland) Frightened, timid.
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Examples of "eerie" in Sentences
- The total effect is eerie and disturbing.
- The chorus is definitely somber, eerie, ominous.
- An eerie pall seemed to have descended on the village.
- In the second the eerie sense of separation is stronger.
- The basement is quite extensive and quite eerie in places.
- They sparkle in the firelight, adding eerie eyes to the mask.
- Some eerie wraiths are seen flying in and out of the windows above.
- Combined, these give the summit of the hill an eerie, other worldly feel.
- The battle was the final assault on Hill Eerie by the United Nations forces.
- That eerie wailing at the end of the title theme is a team of trilling horns.
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