eerie
or ee·ry
[ eer-ee ]
/ ˈɪər i /
adjective, ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est.
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
Chiefly Scot.
affected with superstitious fear.
Origin of eerie
1250–1300; Middle English
eri, dialectal variant of
argh, Old English
earg cowardly; cognate with Old Frisian
erg, Old Norse
argr evil, German
arg cowardly
OTHER WORDS FROM eerie
ee·ri·ly, adverb ee·ri·ness, nounExample sentences from the Web for eerie
British Dictionary definitions for eerie
eerie
/ (ˈɪərɪ) /
adjective eerier or eeriest
(esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly
Derived forms of eerie
eerily, adverb eeriness, nounWord Origin for eerie
C13: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from Old English
earg cowardly, miserable