variants
or less commonly eery
eerier; eeriest
1
: so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
a coyote's eerie howl
the similarities were eerie
also
: seemingly not of earthly origin
the flames cast an eerie glow
2
chiefly Scotland
: affected with fright : scared
Examples of eerie in a Sentence
The flames cast an eerie glow.
a land of eerie beauty
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Additionally, Steve and a handwriting expert discovered eerie similarities between his father’s writing and letters sent to the Examiner in 1947.
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Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Her new film forgoes cross-cultural humor in favor of an anguished Arab-Israeli history lesson, which stretches from the violent uprootings of 1948 to the eerie calm of 2022, about a year before the attacks of October 7, 2023.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The result is both the band’s most experimental and cohesive record to date, a mass of cosmic krautrock, dreary ambient synths, and eerie avant-garde touches that guarantee any conventional song structure or form could never take root.
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The absence of noise left Juszczyk with an eerie sense of displacement.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
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Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Her new film forgoes cross-cultural humor in favor of an anguished Arab-Israeli history lesson, which stretches from the violent uprootings of 1948 to the eerie calm of 2022, about a year before the attacks of October 7, 2023.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The result is both the band’s most experimental and cohesive record to date, a mass of cosmic krautrock, dreary ambient synths, and eerie avant-garde touches that guarantee any conventional song structure or form could never take root.
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The absence of noise left Juszczyk with an eerie sense of displacement.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eerie
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerie. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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