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also eery
as in creepy
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
Ghost Tour: Explore the town’s haunted streets and listen to eerie stories about its mining history and paranormal activity.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
Now the eight-episode second season promises more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Instead, what ensued was an eerie redux of another Wimbledon lion’s last stand.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
That arrangement builds to an exhilarating climax largely fueled by Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar lead, from the eerie wailing of those high notes to its fiery conclusion.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
Now the eight-episode second season promises more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Instead, what ensued was an eerie redux of another Wimbledon lion’s last stand.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
That arrangement builds to an exhilarating climax largely fueled by Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar lead, from the eerie wailing of those high notes to its fiery conclusion.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
Adjective
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Written about British occultist Aleister Crowley and released in the United States a year after Osbourne’s album debuted, the song projected creepy organ sounds straight from Dracula’s coffin before monster guitar playing from Rhoades drove a stake through any sympathy for the devil.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Others are not so great—like week-long heat advisories and unwelcome house guests in the form of creepy, crawly millipedes.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Though country rock at their core, Roadhouse Band songs are flush with woodwinds and pedal steel, weird horns and synthesizers.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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And that’s exactly the kind of weird the planet needs.—
Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The sobering and haunting experience, MacDonald said, has sparked an interest in how the search for missing persons can be improved.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2025
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The video plays clips of the Weeknd singing the haunting lyrics in front of several cement backdrops that show the star stuck in a sort of purgatory.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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