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also eery
as in haunting
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
eerie noises would occasionally come from locked rooms in the castle
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Recent Examples of eerie
Today, the church is no longer operational, and an eerie red light (presumably from an exit sign still glowing somewhere inside) shines through the windows at night.
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Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
However, their lack of personality can lead them to feel a little eerie or sterile.
—Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
Saccharine is more polished in its technical aspects than in its storytelling, from the queasy visuals (Sarroff shot Relic, as well as both Smile movies) and sickly lighting to composer Hannah Peel’s eerie synths to some impressively gnarly gore.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Spurs are still their own worst enemy There was an eerie silence for much of the first half of Spurs’ draw with Manchester City on Sunday.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
However, their lack of personality can lead them to feel a little eerie or sterile.
—Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
Saccharine is more polished in its technical aspects than in its storytelling, from the queasy visuals (Sarroff shot Relic, as well as both Smile movies) and sickly lighting to composer Hannah Peel’s eerie synths to some impressively gnarly gore.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Spurs are still their own worst enemy There was an eerie silence for much of the first half of Spurs’ draw with Manchester City on Sunday.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
Adjective
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Come to think of it, becoming a musician might be the ultimate haunting tactic.—
Cazzie David,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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Under the Banner of Heaven is a haunting look at a specific corner of America not often depicted in popular media.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But hey, this was the '90s, when being weird for weird's sake was a thing, and a creepy animatronic penguin lurking in the shadows and terrorizing humans in a variety of '90s-ish noir settings is definitely that.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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