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/ˈɪəɹi/ · adjective
Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird..
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
An eerie feeling came over me.
Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]
I was working in the lab late one night / When my eyes beheld an eerie sight / For my monster, from his slab, began to rise / And suddenly, to my surprise / He did the Mash / He did the Monster Mash.
The whole city is immersed in a dystopian-looking smog: urban streets in sepia, emptier than usual, bathed in an eerie quiet.
She began to feel eerie.
'It is my business to read the hearts o' men,' said the other. 'And who may ye be?' said Heriotside, growing eerie.
Other of these terrible Eeries began now to congregate beneath the canoe, taking courage by the example of their cowardly companion, all alike curious about this charming visitant in the upper world.
Use eerie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eerie means Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird..
Common synonyms include chilling, creepy, eldritch, freakish.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
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