Eerie
Pronunciation : Ee"rie, Ee"ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
Definition : 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913