eery

US: (ēr′ē)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ee•ry  (ēr′ē), adj., -ri•er, -ri•est. 

1. Scottish Terms eerie.

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ee•rie or ee•ry/ˈɪri/   adj., -ri•er, -ri•est. 

1. strange and mysterious, so as to inspire awe:
   an eerie feeling in the graveyard.

ee•ri•ly /ˈɪrəli/  adv. 
ee•ri•ness, n. [uncountable]

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ee•rie  (ēr′ē), adj., -ri•er, -ri•est. 

1. uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear;
   weird:
   an eerie midnight howl.
2. Scottish Terms [Chiefly Scot.] affected with superstitious fear.

Also, eery. 

• 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•ly, adv. 
ee′ri•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. See weird. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

eerie, eery / ˈɪərɪ/ adjective (eerier, eeriest)

1. (esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly

Etymology: 13th Century: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from Old English earg cowardly, miserable

ˈeerily adverb

ˈeeriness noun