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Unnerving vs Eerie - What's the difference?

unnerving | eerie |

As a verb unnerving

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective eerie is

strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

unnerving

English

Verb

(head)

    • eerie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eery

    Adjective

    (er)
  • strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
    • The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
  • (Scotland) fearful, timid.
  • * 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
    • She began to feel eerie .

    Synonyms

    * See also * creepy, spooky

    Derived terms

    * eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisome