WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ee•rie or ee•ry/ˈɪri/USA pronunciation
adj., -ri•er, -ri•est.
ee•ri•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- strange and mysterious, so as to inspire awe: an eerie feeling in the graveyard.
ee•ri•ness, n. [uncountable]
ee•rie
(ēr′ē),USA pronunciation adj., -ri•er, -ri•est.
ee′ri•ly, adv.
ee′ri•ness, n.
- uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear;
weird:an eerie midnight howl. - Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]affected with superstitious fear.
- 1250–1300; Middle English eri, dialect, dialectal variant of argh, Old English earg cowardly; cognate with Old Frisian erg, Old Norse argr evil, German arg cowardly
ee′ri•ness, n.
- 1. See weird.
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