Eery

Eery
Eerie Ee"rie, Eery Ee"ry, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [1913 Webster]

She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. --Burns. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • eery — /ear ee/, adj., eerier, eeriest. eerie. * * * …   Universalium

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  • eery — adj. frightening, weird, mysterious …   English contemporary dictionary

  • eery — eyre …   Anagrams dictionary

  • eery — ee·ry …   English syllables

  • eery — adjective inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods an eerie midnight howl • Syn: ↑eerie • Similar to: ↑strange, ↑unusual • Derivation …   Useful english dictionary

  • eyre — eery …   Anagrams dictionary

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  • Eerie — Ee rie, Eery Ee ry, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [1913 Webster] She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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