variants
or less commonly eery
eerier; eeriest
1
: so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
a coyote's eerie howl
the similarities were eerie
also
: seemingly not of earthly origin
the flames cast an eerie glow
2
chiefly Scotland
: affected with fright : scared
Examples of eerie in a Sentence
The flames cast an eerie glow.
a land of eerie beauty
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Pink Floyd stayed for extended periods, and the band used the eerie image of an island windmill on the cover of its soundtrack for More, Barbet Schroeder’s 1969 film about the hippie-heroin scene that was partly filmed on the island.
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Julia Chaplin, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Sure enough, within minutes of ducking into the foliage, our heroes hear an eerie whistling and see torches in the darkness.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Lots of them, all making those eerie, human-sounding cries.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 May 2025
The music goes for horror-movie ambience, building the dystopian mood with eerie samples of human screams, sobs, phone alarms, howling sax, even an old-school dial-up modem.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Julia Chaplin, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Sure enough, within minutes of ducking into the foliage, our heroes hear an eerie whistling and see torches in the darkness.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Lots of them, all making those eerie, human-sounding cries.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 May 2025
The music goes for horror-movie ambience, building the dystopian mood with eerie samples of human screams, sobs, phone alarms, howling sax, even an old-school dial-up modem.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for eerie
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerie. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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