eerie
adjective
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird
eeriness
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a word derived from
eerie.
Example Sentences
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“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
"It might seem peaceful to you," he says, "but there is an unseen eeriness, an innate fear."
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
But also, regrettably, less of movies like “Reptile,” which tries to match its star’s unpredictable magnetism with a forced eeriness, only growing more ponderous and unfocused, like a case getting colder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
The murky, brooding music later in that movement, a nod to Wagner’s depiction of the magical, shapeshifting Tarnhelm in his “Ring,” passed without phosphorescent eeriness.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2023
Still, nighttime eeriness turned the shadows of ordinary objects into something twice as creepy.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
