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eeriness

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ee·rie or ee·ry  (îr)
adj. ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est
1.
a. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
b. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. See Synonyms at weird.
2. Scots Frightened or intimidated by superstition.

[Middle English eri, fearful, from Old English earg, cowardly.]

eeri·ly adv.
eeri·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eeriness - strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known


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After the service people followed the parade into the square - undeterred by the rain - where the Last Post was played again and that same atmosphere hung in the air in a kind of silent eeriness as people again remembered, a lot with personal experience, and some of us paying respect to all those who fought and are fighting for a better future.
The eeriness of this system can be gauged from the fact that whole tribe had to bear the brunt of Political Administration in case a tribesman commits a crime under sub-section 40 of collective punishment.
Galleries have an eeriness anyway, but that feeling is amplified when they're empty.
 
 
 
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