eerie

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹi/
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• /ˈɪɹi/ General American, mirror–nearer merger
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• US: /ˈɪɚi/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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• US: /ˈiɹi/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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• Scotland: /ˈiɹɪ/
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• Scotland: /ˈiɹe/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈiəɹi/
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• /ˈɛːɹi/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪəɹi
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• homophone: airy (cheer–chair merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.

See eyrie.

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: ürpərdici — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Bulgarian: странен (stranen) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Bulgarian: свръхестествен (svrǎhestestven) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Catalan: misteriós — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Chinese Mandarin: 詭異 /诡异 (guǐyì) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Chinese Mandarin: 怪異 /怪异 (guàiyì) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Chinese Mandarin: 森森 (sēnsēn) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: tajuplný — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: podivný — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: tajemný — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: děsivý — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: strašidelný — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Czech: nahánějící hrůzu — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Dutch: vreemd — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Dutch: angstaanjagend — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Dutch: griezelig — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Finnish: aavemainen — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Finnish: outo — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• French: étrange — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• French: sinistre — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Galician: estrano — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Galician: arrevasado — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Galician: arcano — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• German: unheimlich — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hindi: भुतहा (bhuthā) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: furcsa — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: titokzatos — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: különös — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: sejtelmes — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: kísérteties — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: baljós — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Hungarian: hátborzongató — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Indonesian: bogot — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Irish: aerachtúil — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Irish: uaibhreach — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Italian: misterioso — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Italian: strano — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Italian: agghiacciante — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Italian: spaventevole — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Japanese: 不気味な (bukimi-na) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Macedonian: чу́ден (čúden) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Macedonian: мра́чен (mráčen) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Macedonian: мо́рничав (mórničav) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Macedonian: зло́кобен (zlókoben) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Māori: whakahaehae — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Norwegian: skummel — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Norwegian: nifs — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Portuguese: estranho — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Portuguese: assustador — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Portuguese: esquisito — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Romanian: straniu — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Romanian: superstițios — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Romanian: ciudat — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Romanian: misterios — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Russian: стра́нный (stránnyj) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Russian: жу́ткий (žútkij) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Russian: злове́щий (zlovéščij) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Russian: мра́чный (mráčnyj) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (sverxʺjestéstvennyj) — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Serbo-Croatian: čudan — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Serbo-Croatian: stran — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Slovak: zvláštny — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Slovak: čudný — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Slovak: podozrivý — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Spanish: espeluznante — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Spanish: inquietante — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Spanish: sobrecogedor — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Spanish: estremecedor — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Swedish: konstig — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Swedish: skum — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Swedish: mystisk — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Swedish: kuslig — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Turkish: ürkütücü — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Turkish: esrarengiz — inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way
• Bulgarian: внушаващ суеверен страх (vnušavašt sueveren strah) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Catalan: espantós — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Czech: bázlivý — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Czech: postrašený — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Czech: vystrašený — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Czech: nesmělý — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Dutch: vreesachtig — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Dutch: angstaanjagend — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Finnish: pelottava — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• French: craintif — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• French: timide — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• French: peureux — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Galician: rabeco — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Galician: broco — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Galician: abraiento — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Galician: estarrecedor — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• German: unheimlich — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Japanese: 恐ろしい (osoroshii) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Japanese: 物凄い (monosugoi) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Norwegian: engstelig — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Romanian: înfricoșat — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Romanian: timid — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Russian: жу́ткий (žútkij) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Russian: пуга́ющий (pugájuščij) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Russian: злове́щий (zlovéščij) — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Spanish: espantoso — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid
• Swedish: kuslig — frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid