Англо-русский словарь - eerie
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eerie
adj.
1) жуткий; мрачный; сверхъестественный
2) scot. суеверно боязливый
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1.
adj. (eerier, eeriest) gloomy and strange; weird, frightening (an eerie silence). Derivatives eerily adv. eeriness n. Etymology: orig. N.Engl. and Sc. eri, of obscure orig.: cf. OE earg cowardly ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
also eery adjective (~r; -est) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) eri Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Scottish affected with fright ; scared 2. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine a coyote's ~ howl the similarities were ~; also seemingly not of earthly origin the flames cast an ~ glow Synonyms: see weird • eerily adverb • eeriness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
(eerier, eeriest) If you describe something as eerie, you mean that it seems strange and frightening, and makes you feel nervous. I walked down the eerie dark path. ...an eerie calm. ADJ • eerily Monrovia after the fighting is eerily quiet. ADV ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
4.
~ adj strange and frightening (the eerie sound of an owl hooting in the forest at night) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- M.E., north England and Scot. variant of O.E. earg "cowardly, fearful," from P.Gmc. *argaz. Sense of "causing fear because of strangeness" is first attested 1792. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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