Eerie
adjective
Something that is strange, weird and frightening, often in a supernatural way.
She heard the eerie noise in the haunted house.
Often appears as...
- eerie silence
- eerie feeling
adjective
Something that is strange, weird and frightening, often in a supernatural way.
She heard the eerie noise in the haunted house.
Often appears as...
- eerie silence
- eerie feeling
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Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Use 'eerie' to describe settings or events with a ghostly or otherworldly feel, often causing unease.
The full moon cast an eerie glow across the graveyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensifying Fear
'Eerie' implies a deeper level of fear, one that is mysterious and not easily explained.
An eerie whisper echoed down the empty corridor.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing Silence
When silence feels unsettling or spooky, describe it with 'eerie' to convey the unnerving mood.
There was an eerie silence after the scream.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Use 'eerie' to describe settings or events with a ghostly or otherworldly feel, often causing unease.
The full moon cast an eerie glow across the graveyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensifying Fear
'Eerie' implies a deeper level of fear, one that is mysterious and not easily explained.
An eerie whisper echoed down the empty corridor.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing Silence
When silence feels unsettling or spooky, describe it with 'eerie' to convey the unnerving mood.
There was an eerie silence after the scream.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Use 'eerie' to describe settings or events with a ghostly or otherworldly feel, often causing unease.
The full moon cast an eerie glow across the graveyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensifying Fear
'Eerie' implies a deeper level of fear, one that is mysterious and not easily explained.
An eerie whisper echoed down the empty corridor.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing Silence
When silence feels unsettling or spooky, describe it with 'eerie' to convey the unnerving mood.
There was an eerie silence after the scream.
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In on a secret? That's...
The audience is in on a secret that the characters have missed. This is a great story-telling device that creates tremendous emotion within that text. Think about it for a moment. How does it feel when, in a horror film, you know that the scary villain is hiding behind that door in the darkened room. The music becomes eerie,
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Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
that they were sending down into the deep ocean that has the most horrific sound that she played for us for like thirty seconds it was so eerie might not be the best way to drip fish and her genius idea was to maybe not do that and put a probe down there that fish would like
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Journey Inside...
really sad to me it would feel really eerie I didn't want to have expectations I just wanted to see for myself and have the feelings once I get to the place and once I got there yes it's scary it's a little eerie but at the same time it was very peaceful
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How to see more and care...
This massive skull overshadows the landscape, casting both the skeleton and the mountains in a new, eerie light. The public was captivated by her unique perspective and secretive behavior. She was particularly praised for her massive flower paintings,
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The Fall of Angkor PIPE...
part of an enormous network that covers a thousand square kilometers what's really eerie about this who have jant infrastructure in a massive low-density city and that is exactly what we have in the modern world the industrial world
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Why should you read...
filled with time travel, hidden histories, and magical underworlds. Readers delight in discovering how the mind-bending imagery, whimsical characters and eerie coincidences fit together. Kafka narrates every second chapter,
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How to write like the...
by forcing characters to stay put— even with a killer among them. Sometimes she further heightened the drama by making the characters strangers, unsure who they can trust. But while her settings are eerie and extraordinary,
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The legend of Annapurna,...
enveloped the world in eerie silence. Without Parvati, the land became dry and barren. Rivers shrank and crops shriveled in the fields. Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy. There's so many bones littered around as well.
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Abraham Verghese: A...
And I remember having a very eerie sense that the patient and I had slipped back into a primitive ritual in which I had a role and the patient had a role. And when I was done, the patient said to me with some awe,
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In on a secret? That's...
The audience is in on a secret that the characters have missed. This is a great story-telling device that creates tremendous emotion within that text. Think about it for a moment. How does it feel when, in a horror film, you know that the scary villain is hiding behind that door in the darkened room. The music becomes eerie,
Video examples
Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
that they were sending down into the deep ocean that has the most horrific sound that she played for us for like thirty seconds it was so eerie might not be the best way to drip fish and her genius idea was to maybe not do that and put a probe down there that fish would like
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Journey Inside...
really sad to me it would feel really eerie I didn't want to have expectations I just wanted to see for myself and have the feelings once I get to the place and once I got there yes it's scary it's a little eerie but at the same time it was very peaceful
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How to see more and care...
This massive skull overshadows the landscape, casting both the skeleton and the mountains in a new, eerie light. The public was captivated by her unique perspective and secretive behavior. She was particularly praised for her massive flower paintings,
Video examples
The Fall of Angkor PIPE...
part of an enormous network that covers a thousand square kilometers what's really eerie about this who have jant infrastructure in a massive low-density city and that is exactly what we have in the modern world the industrial world
Video examples
Why should you read...
filled with time travel, hidden histories, and magical underworlds. Readers delight in discovering how the mind-bending imagery, whimsical characters and eerie coincidences fit together. Kafka narrates every second chapter,
Video examples
How to write like the...
by forcing characters to stay put— even with a killer among them. Sometimes she further heightened the drama by making the characters strangers, unsure who they can trust. But while her settings are eerie and extraordinary,
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
enveloped the world in eerie silence. Without Parvati, the land became dry and barren. Rivers shrank and crops shriveled in the fields. Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy. There's so many bones littered around as well.
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Abraham Verghese: A...
And I remember having a very eerie sense that the patient and I had slipped back into a primitive ritual in which I had a role and the patient had a role. And when I was done, the patient said to me with some awe,
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Rob Manuel
Businessman
Look at the world of both film and indie games, and you'll find a startling similarity between the two when it comes to creating the perfect horror story. The tricks storytellers pull to make your blood run cold never change; a creaking floorboard, the eerie feeling of being watched, wandering into a world filled with unspeakable terror.
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Holland Roden
American Actress
If you manifest your true self through nature and your normal surroundings, I find that the most eerie. Like when you see birds suddenly start flying in a different direction or when you see moths forming weird shapes, I think that's the weirdest way to let yourself be known.
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Natasha Henstridge
Canadian Actress
The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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Sharon Gless
American Actress
Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.
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Nicole Kidman
Australian Actress
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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Michael C. Hall
American Actor
I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.
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Robert Fisk
British Journalist
It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.
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Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
Clothes, as much as music, have an eerie echo of time and place.
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Max Joseph
American Director
In the Grace of Your Love' is a beautiful, eerie dance song.
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Paloma Faith
English Actress
I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
Quote examples
Rob Manuel
Businessman
Look at the world of both film and indie games, and you'll find a startling similarity between the two when it comes to creating the perfect horror story. The tricks storytellers pull to make your blood run cold never change; a creaking floorboard, the eerie feeling of being watched, wandering into a world filled with unspeakable terror.
Quote examples
Holland Roden
American Actress
If you manifest your true self through nature and your normal surroundings, I find that the most eerie. Like when you see birds suddenly start flying in a different direction or when you see moths forming weird shapes, I think that's the weirdest way to let yourself be known.
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Natasha Henstridge
Canadian Actress
The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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Sharon Gless
American Actress
Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.
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Nicole Kidman
Australian Actress
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
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Michael C. Hall
American Actor
I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.
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Robert Fisk
British Journalist
It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.
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Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
Clothes, as much as music, have an eerie echo of time and place.
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Max Joseph
American Director
In the Grace of Your Love' is a beautiful, eerie dance song.
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Paloma Faith
English Actress
I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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