Eerie
ahd-5
adjective.
Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
synonym
:
weird
.
adjective.
Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
See
eery
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird.
adjective.
Affected with fear; affrighted.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
strange
,
weird
,
fear
-inspiring.
adjective.
fearful
,
timid
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
adjective.
inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
Word Usage
"When the final buzzer sounded, the Woodinville junior was overcome with what she called an "eerie" feeling."