Definitions
inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
Word origin
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.
Used in a sentence
“The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.”
“An eerie feeling came over me.”
“Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spookily strange”5 letters
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