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单词 eerie
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eerie


ee·rie

or ee·ry E0047500 (îr′ē)adj. ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est 1. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. See Synonyms at weird.2. Scots Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
[Middle English eri, fearful, from Old English earg, cowardly.]
ee′ri·ly adv.ee′ri·ness n.

eerie

or

eery

adj, eerier or eeriest(esp of places, an atmosphere, etc) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly[C13: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from Old English earg cowardly, miserable] ˈeerily adv ˈeeriness n

ee•rie

or ee•ry

(ˈɪər i)

adj. -ri•er, -ri•est. 1. uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; strange and mysterious: an eerie howl. 2. Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear. [1250–1300; Middle English eri, dial. variant of argh, Old English earg cowardly; c. Old Frisian erg, Old High German ar(a)g cowardly Old Norse argr evil] ee′ri•ly, adv. ee′ri•ness, n. syn: See weird.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.eerie - suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"
2.eerie - inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"eerystrange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

eerie

adjective uncanny, strange, frightening, ghostly, weird, mysterious, scary (informal), sinister, uneasy, fearful, awesome, unearthly, supernatural, unnatural, spooky (informal), creepy (informal), spectral, eldritch (poetic), preternatural An eerie silence settled over the forest.

eerie

or eery
adjectiveOf a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature:uncanny, unearthly, weird.Informal: spooky.
Translations
令人恐怖的引起恐惧的

eerie

(ˈiəri) adjective causing fear; weird. an eerie silence. 令人毛骨悚然的 引起恐惧的,令人恐怖的 ˈeerily adverb 令人毛骨悚然地 恐惧地ˈeeriness noun 陰森 恐惧

EERIE


AcronymDefinition
EERIEExtreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise (Spooks BBC television show)

eerie


  • adj

Synonyms for eerie

adj uncanny

Synonyms

  • uncanny
  • strange
  • frightening
  • ghostly
  • weird
  • mysterious
  • scary
  • sinister
  • uneasy
  • fearful
  • awesome
  • unearthly
  • supernatural
  • unnatural
  • spooky
  • creepy
  • spectral
  • eldritch
  • preternatural

Synonyms for eerie

adj of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature

Synonyms

  • uncanny
  • unearthly
  • weird
  • spooky

Synonyms for eerie

adj suggestive of the supernatural

Related Words

  • supernatural

adj inspiring a feeling of fear

Synonyms

  • eery

Related Words

  • strange
  • unusual
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