EERINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear

Synonyms:

eeriness; ghostliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("eeriness" is a kind of...):

strangeness; unfamiliarity (unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)

Derivation:

eery (inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening)

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