Associations to the word «Eerie»

Wiktionary

EERIE, adjective. Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
EERIE, adjective. (Scotland) fearful, timid.

Dictionary definition

EERIE, adjective. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu".
EERIE, adjective. Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats