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Definition of eerie adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eerie

adjective
 
/ˈɪəri/
 
/ˈɪri/
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  1. strange, mysterious and frightening synonym uncanny
    • an eerie yellow light
    • I found the silence underwater really eerie.
    • He had an eerie feeling that he was not alone.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle 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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