Definitions for EERIE
ˈɪər ieerie

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. eerieadjective

   suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

   "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

2. eerie, eeryadjective

   inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

   "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. eerieadjective

   strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

   The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.

2. eerieadjective

   fearful, timid.

3. Etymology: From eri, from earg. Akin to ergh, argh from the same source.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eerie

   Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's voluntary Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Cousin Eerie. Its sister publications were Creepy and Vampirella.

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1. eerie

   Eerie is an adjective that describes something as strange, mysterious, or unsettling in a way that causes unease or a feeling of discomfort. It typically refers to situations, environments, or events that are vaguely menacing, out of the ordinary, or create a sense of foreboding.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Eerieadjective

   alt. of Eery

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1. Eerie

   Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Cousin Eerie. Its sister publications were Creepy and Vampirella.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eerie

   Eery, ē′ri, adj. exciting fear: weird: affected with fear: timorous.—adv. Ee′rily.—n. Ee′riness (Scot.). [M. E. arh, eri—A.S. earg, timid.]

How to pronounce EERIE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EERIE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EERIE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of EERIE in a Sentence

1. Ed Mis:

   It looks fake, it looks unreal, it's dark on the inside of my house. It can be a little eerie, a little frightening.

2. Paul Reiser today .:

   That was the goal, if you could get on the ‘ Tonight Show, ’ that was the standard. So The Tonight Show felt like a great validation … I had played The Tonight Show in my mind so many times, so when I finally got The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show felt surprisingly comfortable. And then when we recreated the set for The Tonight Show, it was eerie … Because I knew what it felt like to sit on that couch. It was electrifying. If you’re a young comedian, but someone has never heard of you, if you’ve done the' Tonight Show, ’ then people think you must be good. That was the only currency people understood. Certainly my parents did. For them, The Tonight Show was like, ‘ All right, he spent all those years staying up late in clubs and making $ 7 a week, but now he must be OK because he was on' The Tonight Show. ’ There was no other show that had that stamp of approval.

3. Michelle McKeown of Oakland:

   It feels eerie, apocalyptic and frightening, i've lived in Bay Area since 1988 and never experienced such doom coming from the sky.

4. Neighbor Moe Assiff:

   She just let out a hysterical scream. It was eerie, she was screaming about her kids: `My kids! The kids!,' grabbing her hair and trying to pull her hair out. The cops then ushered her down the road into a police cruiser.

5. Douglas Hostadter:

   It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order -- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EERIE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eerie
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerie
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EERIE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=EERIE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=EERIE