From my watercolour class
eerie
ˈɪəri/
adjective
adjective: eerie; comparative adjective: eerier; superlative adjective: eeriest
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strange and frightening.“an eerie green glow in the sky”
synonyms: uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, other-worldly, unreal, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish; antonyms: normal, reassuring
Origin
Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’): probably from Old English earg ‘cowardly’, of Germanic origin; related to German arg .
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