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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
eerie
eerie [eerie eerier eeriest] BrE [ˈɪəri] NAmE [ˈɪri] adjective
strange, mysterious and frightening
Syn: ↑uncanny
•an eerie yellow light
•I found the silence underwater really eerie.
Derived Words: ↑eerily ▪ ↑eeriness
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally northern English and Scots in the sense ‘fearful’): probably from Old English earg ‘cowardly’, of Germanic origin; related to German arg.
Example Bank:
•a silence so long that it was almost eerie
•He had an eerie feeling that he was not alone.
•an eerie green light
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