# eerie

/ˈɪɹi/ (US) · /ˈiəɹi/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/eerie
Updated: 2026-08-27

## Senses

### 1. strange and frightening

adjective · CEFR B2

strange and scary in a way that makes you feel like something bad might happen.

For teachers: inspiring a sense of unease or fear through being strange, mysterious, or uncanny.

- An eerie silence filled the old house after the storm stopped.
- The abandoned factory was bathed in an eerie green light that made the investigators feel increasingly unwelcome.

## Examples

- The empty house was filled with an eerie silence.
- An eerie green glow appeared on the horizon just before the storm began to howl.
- The abandoned amusement park took on an eerie quality in the moonlight, with the rusted skeletons of the rides casting long, distorted shadows across the overgrown paths.

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