eerie
Collocations
4(adj.)
VERBS
be, feel, look, sound
ADV
distinctly, downright
The old abandoned hospital felt downright eerie when we walked through its empty hallways.
almost
The old house felt almost eerie when we walked through it at dusk.
rather, slightly
Definitions
adj
Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
An eerie feeling came over me.
Frightened, timid.
She began to feel eerie.
'It is my business to read the hearts o' men,' said the other. 'And who may ye be?' said Heriotside, growing eerie.
noun
An eerie creature or thing.
Other of these terrible Eeries began now to congregate beneath the canoe, taking courage by the example of their cowardly companion, all alike curious about this charming visitant in the upper world.
I tell you it's weirdsville down there, a spaced-out botanical Twilight Zone of creepies, crawlies, eeries, and ghastlies.
noun
Alternative spelling of eyrie.
I'm not sure, indeed, that we didn't scare the eagles from their eeries; at all events we thought we did.
They hang suspended over precipices, these rocky eeries of grim birds of prey that bequeath their appetite for murder and loot to their brood.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — inspiring a feeling of fear
- eery
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
WiktionaryAn eerie feeling came over me.
WiktionaryDan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]
WiktionaryOther of these terrible Eeries began now to congregate beneath the canoe, taking courage by the example of their cowardly companion, all alike curious about this charming visitant in the upper world.
WiktionaryI tell you it's weirdsville down there, a spaced-out botanical Twilight Zone of creepies, crawlies, eeries, and ghastlies.
WiktionaryJust a couple of eeries looking to get squamous, to swipe a little snatch of wholesome fun from the funktacular funerary fundament belonging to the Big Boss, a hit big enough to drop our brains out th
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