noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being eerie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eeriness
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noun
Meaning 2
strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghostliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfamiliarity, strangeness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English eerie Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English eeriness From eerie + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Georgian: იდუმალება (idumaleba) — the condition of being eerie
- Greek: παραδοξότητα (paradoxótita) — the condition of being eerie
- Irish: aerachtúlacht — the condition of being eerie
- Manx: neuheiltys — the condition of being eerie
- Serbo-Croatian: са̏бла̄сно̄ст — the condition of being eerie
- Serbo-Croatian: sȁblāsnōst — the condition of being eerie
- Swedish: kuslighet — the condition of being eerie