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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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Three Thresholds To Vet AI The concept of the uncanny valley stems from that eerie feeling people got from seeing early robots that felt too humanlike.
—Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The YouTube series was originally inspired by a meme created on 4chan in 2019 that saw internet users uploading images of eerie liminal spaces.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 1 June 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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