Synonyms for eerie
ˈɪər ieerie

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1. eerieadjective

   Synonyms:
   creepy, spooky

2. eerieadjective

   strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

   The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.

   Synonyms:
   creepy, spooky

3. eerieadjective

   fearful, timid.

   Synonyms:
   spooky, creepy

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1. eerieadjective

   suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

   "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

   Synonyms:
   eery

   Antonyms:
   natural, familiar

2. eerie, eeryadjective

   inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

   "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"

   Synonyms:
   eery

   Antonyms:
   familiar, natural

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1. List of paraphrases for "eerie":

   sinister, strange

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How to use eerie in a sentence?

1. Omar Salih:

   I've seen some horrible accidents, people that have no clue about mines are getting blown up by them. It's an eerie thing to witness but it gives us a sense of duty to clear areas.

2. Army Capt. Florent Groberg:

   A man came out of a building to our left walking backwards, it was eerie and looked suspicious. I yelled at him and he turned around immediately and then started walking towards us. He looked like a young man with a beard, wearing man-jams and dark clothing. He didn't appear to be himself that day ... most likely drugged.

3. Yoni Brook:

   It was still sort of a moment of initial shock, there was an eerie quiet. And there wasn't like a ton of equipment down there. There weren't cranes doing any work yet. It was just individual firefighters and groups of firefighters trying to make sense of a little bit of the futility of what was in front of them.

4. Battalion Chief Notte:

   Everything shut down when we found her, we all lined up. And you could hear a pin drop on a construction site, which is just eerie, and amazing and beautiful all in one.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   Well, what's happening in the 1930s is happening in western China today. There are eerie, eerie similarities between the two, and hosting the Olympic Games — as the Germans were able to do in 1936 — gave great credibility to that regime, we ought not to permit that to happen. The International Olympic Committee has a responsibility to make sure that host for these games deserve it.