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also eery
as in haunting
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
People were in tears everywhere, creating this very eerie feeling.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Dec. 2025
The eerie green glow illuminating the cleanroom wasn't festive lighting but the result of a long exposure combined with a small indicator lamp on the wall, an unassuming signal that the airflow in the room was just right.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Making Music beyond the Grave In a more macabre vein, associate editor for mind and brain Allison Parshall explored the eerie story of a deceased composer is still making music via brain cells grown from his blood.
—Carin Leong, Scientific American, 24 Dec. 2025
Saturday night, large swaths of San Francisco were plunged into darkness, creating an eerie and unsettling atmosphere in affected neighborhoods.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
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The ultimate Christmastime tradition ought to be repeat viewings of BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas TV movie series, and its pinnacle, the haunting Whistle and I'll Come to You (available on AMC+ and YouTube).—
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And, in several haunting instances, scenes aboard his helicopter.—
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The woman dressed as a spooky ringmaster while her husband played the part of a creepy clown.—
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None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.—
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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