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I play Father Francis in 'The Exorcist Prequel.' It's fantastic. We are shooting in Morrocco and Rome. Paul Schrader is directing; Stellan Skarsgard plays the younger Max Von Sydow character. It's just a fantastic script. It's a very eerie, very scary script. It encomposes a growing dread that I think is really appropriate for the film.
Gabriel Mann

Meaning of "eerie" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EERIE

Originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from Old English earg cowardly, miserable.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EERIE

eerie  [ˈɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EERIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eerie is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EERIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eerie

Eerie

Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Cousin Eerie. Its sister publications were Creepy and Vampirella.

Definition of eerie in the English dictionary

The definition of eerie in the dictionary is mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EERIE


dearie
ˈdɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
Erie
ˈɪərɪ
expiry
ɪkˈspaɪərɪ
feerie
ˈfeɪərɪ
fiery
ˈfaɪərɪ
hosiery
ˈhəʊzɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
judiciary
dʒuːˈdɪʃɪərɪ
Kashmiri
kæʃˈmɪərɪ
Kediri
kɪˈdɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
Neri
ˈnɪərɪ
peri
ˈpɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
siri
ˈsɪərɪ
subsidiary
səbˈsɪdɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ
weary
ˈwɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EERIE

eejit
EEK
eel
eel-like
eelfare
eelgrass
eelpout
eelworm
eelwrack
eely
EEOC
eerier
eeriest
eerily
eeriness
eery
EET
eeven
eevn
eevning

WORDS THAT END LIKE EERIE

aerie
badinerie
batterie
bijouterie
brasserie
camaraderie
charcuterie
chinoiserie
confiserie
confrerie
creperie
faerie
gendarmerie
lingerie
menagerie
papeterie
passementerie
patisserie
reverie
rotisserie

Synonyms and antonyms of eerie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EERIE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «eerie» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of eerie

Translation of «eerie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EERIE

Find out the translation of eerie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eerie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eerie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怪异的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espeluznante
570 millions of speakers

English

eerie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भयानक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غريب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жуткое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estranho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিপ্রাকৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sinistre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menakutkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unheimlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不気味な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

으스스한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eerie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phi thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भितीदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürkütücü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che fa accapponare la pelle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

straszny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

моторошне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

straniu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόκοσμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onheilspellend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kuslig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eerie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eerie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EERIE»

The term «eerie» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EERIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eerie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eerie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eerie

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8 QUOTES WITH «EERIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eerie.
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Robert Fisk
It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.
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Adam Gopnik
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
3
Natasha Henstridge
The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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Nicole Kidman
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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Gabriel Mann
I play Father Francis in 'The Exorcist Prequel.' It's fantastic. We are shooting in Morrocco and Rome. Paul Schrader is directing; Stellan Skarsgard plays the younger Max Von Sydow character. It's just a fantastic script. It's a very eerie, very scary script. It encomposes a growing dread that I think is really appropriate for the film.
6
Suzy Menkes
Clothes, as much as music, have an eerie echo of time and place.
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Tom Paulin
Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently pleasant social surfaces, the cosy smugness of belonging.
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Abraham Verghese
There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EERIE»

Discover the use of eerie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eerie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
In this provocative book Davies refocuses the search, challenging existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if it does.
Paul Davies, 2010
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Eerie Origami
Eerie Origami includes an 80-page book that features beginner origami instructions, as well as step-by-step instructions for making six eerie figures: a Jack-o'-Lantern; Cat's Skull; Witch; Vampire Bat; Wolfman; and Frankenstein's Monster.
Duy Nguyen, 2009
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Heinemann English Readers Intermediate Fiction Eerie Encounters
A collection of 90 readers aimed at students aged 7-17 learning English as an additional language, or those who would like extra support with their reading.
Judy Waite, Holly Boren, 2005
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Eerie Erie: Tales of the Unexplained from Northwest Pennsylvania
A tall creature that howls on the Devil's Backbone near Harborcreek Township, phantom ships that erupt into flames and melt into darkness, UFOs on Presque Isle these are some of the strange tales from the lakeshores and shadowy woods of ...
Robin S. Swope, 2011
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The Weird World of Eerie Publications: Comic Gore that ...
Introduces Myron Fass, the gun-toting megalomaniac publisher of Eerie Publications who, from 1965 to 1975, made a career of fishing pocketbook change from young readers with a horror magazine full of blood and bad taste.
Mike Howlett, 2010
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Eerie Archives Volume 3
Reprinted in its original size, this collection of classic horror storytelling and astonishing artwork from such luminaries as Jeff Jones, Wallace Wood, Tom Sutton, and Gene Colan is a fine addition to any horror fan’s library. * ...
Various, 2010
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Eerie Tales of Pine Bush
Included in the collection are stories about the youthful adventures the author encountered while growing up in that intriguing area.
Louis E. Koury, 2009
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The Midnight Hour: Canadian Accounts of Eerie Experiences
This collection of encounters with monsters and mysteries will make you pause to wonder about ghosts, strange beasts, and even stranger human beings.
John Robert Colombo, 2004
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Terrors of the Night: Canadian Accounts of Eerie Events and ...
A collection of accounts of eerie events and weird experiences recorded by Canadians over the last 400 years.
John Robert Colombo, 2005
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Eerie in the Mirror
When Stanley accidently hurls a rock through a mirror in Eerie, he somehow creates replicas of himself and of his best friend, Mitchell, that have the power to destroy both themselves and their creator. Original.
Robert James, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EERIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eerie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pakistan minus that old eerie panic
After years of skipped heartbeats and sweaty palms, just how does one reconcile with a nerveless Pakistan as they waltzed through a tall chase ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
2
SPIN Overlooked Albums Report: Hop Along Gives Us Palpitations …
For Mount Eerie's latest LP, principal driving force Phil Elverum made a deliberately literal collection of existential folk-rock, sort of like Calvin ... «SPIN, Jul 15»
3
Ten years later, what Canada can learn from 7/7
It felt eerie, almost surreal to live and work in central London after that. I recall one photo a week after the attacks splashed across the front page ... «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»
4
Eerie pictures show abandoned Camelot theme park lying in decay
But now it lies utterly abandoned, as these eerie pictures show. The photos, taken by an urban explorer who goes by the name of Noodle, show ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
5
14 Minutes Of Eerie Footage From PT Style Horror Game Allison Road
Chris Kesler and his team have shared nearly 14 minutes of prototype gameplay footage from their upcoming horror game Allison Road. «Siliconera, Jul 15»
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Haunting, eerie and utterly mesmerising: These pictures of Wales …
They are all over Wales, some well-known and in plain sight, others well-hidden and sought out by keen explorers and skillful photographers. «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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7/7 10th anniversary: Redbridge police employee remembers 'eerie
... the chaos and confusion on London's streets as crowds of people were ushered away from tube stations, left to walk the “eerie” streets. «Ilford Recorder 24, Jul 15»
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'Pretty Little Liars' season 6 spoilers: Liars find out more eerie details …
"Pretty Little Liars" season 6 episode 6 is titled "No Stone Unturned" and it will mirror the girls' determination to find out who their tormentor was. «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
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Eerie Northern Quarter at dawn photographs to go on display
Documentary photographer Simon Buckley has captured public imagination with his Not Quite Light project, taking eerie pictures of streets and ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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Smoke creates an eerie morning on BC coast
Smoke creates an eerie morning on B.C. coast. By Vancouver Sun July 5, 2015. Tweet. Story; Photos ( 8 ). Smoke creates an eerie morning on B.C. coast ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»

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