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also eery
as in creepy
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
eerie noises would occasionally come from locked rooms in the castle
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Recent Examples of eerie
As daylight snuck in, those eerie shadows all around me slowly transformed into ordinary bushes, rocks and trees.
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Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Retta will tour eerie and terrifying houses through the Midwest, Northeast and South that owners say are haunted by scary stories and hair-raising sights.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
As this happens, eerie techno is pumped in by sound designer and composer Palmer Hefferan while Natasha Katz’s lights and Hannah Wasilkeski’s projections flicker, subtly highlighting details in the classroom in a horror-adjacent scenographic move.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
The survivors were likely sheltering in the nearby grocery store, and Ellie and Dina barely wait for the say-so from Kat before creeping inside to investigate the eerie screeching.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Retta will tour eerie and terrifying houses through the Midwest, Northeast and South that owners say are haunted by scary stories and hair-raising sights.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
As this happens, eerie techno is pumped in by sound designer and composer Palmer Hefferan while Natasha Katz’s lights and Hannah Wasilkeski’s projections flicker, subtly highlighting details in the classroom in a horror-adjacent scenographic move.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
The survivors were likely sheltering in the nearby grocery store, and Ellie and Dina barely wait for the say-so from Kat before creeping inside to investigate the eerie screeching.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
Adjective
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Paul Henreid’s Dead Ringer is a creepy exploration of how identical twins survive without each other.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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There’s a terrifically creepy scene in which the vampires, led by O’Connell’s fiery-eyed Remmick, go into an Irish step dance (at this point there are Black vampires who’ve been bitten and are part of the cult), and the message is: Give up your freedom and join us!—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So those [neoclassical] artists are to me, in a very weird sense, the very earliest photographers—except their medium was oil on canvas.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The first sign of Mom Fatigue is leaving weird stuff in the fridge.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is a haunting, unpredictable novel that’s hard to shake after reading.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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With a limited color palette and very spare design, the show subverts the commonplace elements of an office and invents a haunting visual language all its own that creeps you out while drawing you in.—
Charlotte Collins,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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