Eerie vs Frightened - What's the difference?
eerie | frightened |
strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
(Scotland) fearful, timid.
* 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
Afraid; suffering from fear.
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(frighten)
As adjectives the difference between eerie and frightened
is that eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring while frightened is afraid; suffering from fear.As a verb frightened is
(frighten).eerie
English
Alternative forms
* eeryAdjective
(er)- The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
- She began to feel eerie .
Synonyms
* See also * creepy, spookyDerived terms
* eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisomefrightened
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].