eerie
Strange in a way that makes you feel nervous or scared.
eerie in a sentence
- An eerie silence hung over the empty fairground, and the rusty swings creaked by themselves.
- An eerie green light flickered in the lighthouse window, though nobody had lived there for years.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to eerie?
- Anormal
- Bcheerful
- Cspooky
- Dcosy
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C: spooky. The other three mean the opposite of eerie.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to eerie?
- Aweird
- Bspooky
- Ccreepy
- Dnormal
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D: normal. The other three mean nearly the same as eerie.
Words that mean something similar
spooky, creepy, weird
Words that mean the opposite
normal, cosy, cheerful
More words about places & settings
- exotic: Unusual and exciting because it comes from a faraway place.
- expanse: A wide, open stretch of land, sea or sky.
- exterior: The outside part of something.
- grim: Gloomy, harsh and without cheer.
- habitable: Good enough for people or animals to live in.
- haven: A safe place where you can shelter from harm.
- hazardous: Dangerous and likely to cause harm.
- inhabit: To live in a place.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test