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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There’s an equally eerie and intriguing magic that comes with venturing into the wilderness beneath the light of a full moon.
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Officials have released eerie surveillance footage capturing a ‘person of interest’ in the unsolved murders of an Ohio dentist and his wife, who were gunned down inside their home.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Following the murder of their father, siblings Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones), and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) are relocated to his eerie Victorian estate in Massachusetts.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
The installation’s theatrical nature summoned the eerie backstage dramaturgy of Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés, 1946–66, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Officials have released eerie surveillance footage capturing a ‘person of interest’ in the unsolved murders of an Ohio dentist and his wife, who were gunned down inside their home.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Following the murder of their father, siblings Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones), and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) are relocated to his eerie Victorian estate in Massachusetts.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
The installation’s theatrical nature summoned the eerie backstage dramaturgy of Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés, 1946–66, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 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 8 Jan. 2026.
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