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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
Still, the tone with which Melissa says all this is slightly eerie.
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Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Close on either side were eerie woods flooded with shallow swamp water, the trees’ shaggy trunks festooned with air plants and the occasional ghost orchid.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The specter of economic displacement is rising in the U.S., with eerie echoes of the Hoovervilles that defined the Great Depression.
—Solange Charas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar surface an eerie red.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Close on either side were eerie woods flooded with shallow swamp water, the trees’ shaggy trunks festooned with air plants and the occasional ghost orchid.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The specter of economic displacement is rising in the U.S., with eerie echoes of the Hoovervilles that defined the Great Depression.
—Solange Charas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar surface an eerie red.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
Adjective
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Also, point to Epic Universe for Curse of the Werewolf's natural blend into the creepy Dark Universe theming.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The whole thing, from the player’s point of view, must be deeply weird.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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That definitely comes out of my work on Freud—and, in a weird way, René Girard, who’s anti-Freudian, but there’s a lot in common.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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Image Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The glamour of Old Hollywood is not usually my cup of tea, but this enchanting novel about a Chinese American girl looking to become a star in the 1930s was unexpectedly haunting and beautiful.—
Shannon Chakraborty,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The impact was haunting, bringing the crowd to a stunned silence.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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