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eerie

ee·rie

UK/ˈɪːɹɪj/ US/ˈɪəɹi/ fairly common

adjective

1.

suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

  • “an eerie feeling of deja vu”
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2.

so strange as to inspire a feeling of fear

  • “an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods”
  • “an eerie midnight howl”
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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.

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