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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 |
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| derivations: |
eerily (adv.), eeriness (n.) |
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