eerieadjective
uk/ˈɪə.ri/us/ˈɪr.i/strange in a frightening and mysterious way:
She heard the eerie noise of the wind howling through the trees.
He had the eerie feeling that he had met this stranger before.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- nowt
- peculiarly
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- strange
- suss
- whacky
- whimsical
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eerily
adverb uk/ˈɪə.rəl.i/us/ˈɪr.əl.i/
Her voice was eerily similar to her dead grandmother's.
eeriness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɪə.ri.nəs/us/ˈɪr.i.nəs/