eerie

eerie
adjective /ˈɪəri,ˈɪɹi/
a) strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.


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  • Eerie — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Eerie fue el título de una revista estadounidense especializada en historieta de terror, publicada por Warren Publishing desde 1966 a 1983. Contenido Constó de 145 números, en los que se publicaron por primera vez… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Eerie — Pays États Unis Langue anglais Périodicité bimensuel, puis 9 numéros/an Genre comics, horreur Prix au numéro de 0,35 USD à 2,75 USD Date de fondation début 1966 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eerie — Ee rie, Eery Ee ry, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [1913 Webster] She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eerie — index sinister Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • eerie — c.1300, fearful, timid, north England and Scottish variant of O.E. earg cowardly, fearful, from P.Gmc. *argaz (Cf. O.Fris. erg evil, bad, M.Du. arch bad, Du. arg, O.H.G. arg cowardly, worthless, Ger. arg bad, wicked, O.N. argr …   Etymology dictionary

  • eerie — *weird, uncanny Analogous words: *fantastic, bizarre, grotesque: *mysterious, inscrutable, arcane: *fearful, awful, dreadful, horrific: *strange, odd, queer, curious, peculiar …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • eerie — [adj] spooky awesome, bizarre, crawly, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird; concept 537 Ant. funny, normal, ordinary, silly …   New thesaurus

  • eerie — ► ADJECTIVE (eerier, eeriest) ▪ strange and frightening. DERIVATIVES eerily adverb eeriness noun. ORIGIN originally northern English and Scots in the sense «fearful»: probably from Old English, «cowardly» …   English terms dictionary

  • eerie — or eery [ir′ē, ē′rē] adj. eerier, eeriest [N Eng dial & Scot < ME eri, filled with dread, prob. var. of erg, cowardly, timid < OE earg, akin to Ger arg, bad, wicked: for IE base see ORCHESTRA] 1. Now Rare timid or frightened; uneasy because …   English World dictionary

  • Eerie — For other uses, see Eerie (disambiguation). Eerie Eerie #11 (1967). Cover art by Joe Orlando Publication information Publisher …   Wikipedia

  • eerie — also eery adjective (eerier; est) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) eri Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Scottish affected with fright ; scared 2. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine < a coyote s eerie… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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