The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.
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Eerie
//ˈɪəɹi//
Synonyms for "eerie" (146 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
Adjective(40 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
103 translations across 27 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ürpərdici adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Bulgarian
3 entries- внушаващ суеверен страх adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- свръхестествен adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- странен adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Catalan
2 entries- espantós adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- misteriós adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 怪異 /怪异 adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- 森森 adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- 詭異 /诡异 adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Czech
4 entries- bázlivý adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- děsivý adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- nahánějící hrůzu adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- nesmělý adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
Dutch
4 entries- angstaanjagend adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- angstaanjagend adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- griezelig adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- vreemd adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Finnish
3 entries- aavemainen adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- outo adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- pelottava adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
French
4 entries- craintif adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- peureux adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- sinistre adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- timide adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
Galician
4 entries- abraiento adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- arcano adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- arrevasado adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- broco adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
German
2 entries- unheimlich adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- unheimlich adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
Hindi
1 entries- भुतहा adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Hungarian
4 entries- baljós adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- furcsa adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- hátborzongató adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- kísérteties adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Indonesian
1 entries- bogot adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Irish
2 entries- aerachtúil adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- uaibhreach adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Italian
4 entries- agghiacciante adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- misterioso adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- spaventevole adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- strano adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Japanese
3 entries- 不気味な adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- 恐ろしい adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- 物凄い adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
Macedonian
4 entries- зло́кобен adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- мо́рничав adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- мра́чен adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- чу́ден adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Māori
1 entries- whakahaehae adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Norwegian
3 entries- engstelig adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- nifs adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- skummel adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Portuguese
3 entries- assustador adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- esquisito adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- estranho adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Romanian
4 entries- ciudat adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- misterios adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- straniu adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- superstițios adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Russian
4 entries- жу́ткий adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- жу́ткий adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- злове́щий adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- злове́щий adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stran adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- čudan adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Slovak
3 entries- podozrivý adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- zvláštny adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- čudný adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Spanish
4 entries- espantoso adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- espeluznante adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- estremecedor adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- extraño adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Swedish
4 entries- konstig adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- kuslig adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- kuslig adj (frightened, timid — see also frightened, timid)
- mystisk adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Turkish
2 entries- esrarengiz adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
- ürkütücü adj (inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
There was an eerie silence.
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That's an eerie melody.
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The bioluminescence gave the sea an eerie glow.
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