eeriest
SayEER-ee-istUS/ˈɪɚiɪst/UK · AUS/ˈɪəɹiɪst/
- 1Superlative of eerie.
The eeriest part of the abandoned town was the clock still ticking in the church tower.
Critics called it the director's eeriest film, full of long silences and empty rooms.
Note
The final e of eerie drops before -est, as it does in eerier, and most eerie means the same. Like other superlatives it usually follows the or a possessive: the eeriest night of the year. In Scottish dialect, where eerie can mean frightened rather than frightening, the eeriest person in the room is the most scared one.
eeriest is a form of eerie
eerie, adjective: Strange and frightening, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way. Full entry
- Spelling
- eerie → eeriest: add -st
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