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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
The suspect – identified by police as Robin Westman – was inside the store for 40 minutes, talking and laughing with other employees, as well as a customer, and testing out different firearms, the eerie footage shows.
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
One of the eerier aspects of Reform’s current momentum is how ably it is being assisted by those who are supposed to be preventing it.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
The eerie sight prompted plenty of jokes and speculation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
As more and more eerie changes take place, all pregnant women in the village are forced to abort.
—Jenny S. Li, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
One of the eerier aspects of Reform’s current momentum is how ably it is being assisted by those who are supposed to be preventing it.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
The eerie sight prompted plenty of jokes and speculation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
As more and more eerie changes take place, all pregnant women in the village are forced to abort.
—Jenny S. Li, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
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Readers were first introduced to the Bunnies — a creepy clique of writing MFA students — in Mona Awad’s Bunny.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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This CoComelon Halloween playlist dials down on the creepy elements of the Halloween season.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Following up, the experiment yielded a weird and unexpected result.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Escalators are so consequential to Trump, who has always had a weird aversion to plain-old steps.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Silent Hill f takes its protagonist to haunting grounds squarely her own, using Japanese folklore, myths, and other legends to paint the unnerving small town.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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