Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
eerily-familiar
adjective
/ˈɪə.rɪ.li fəˈmɪl.jər/
Definition
Strangely or unsettlingly similar to something that one has experienced before.
Examples
- The abandoned house felt eerily familiar, as if she had walked there in a dream.
- His voice was eerily familiar, stirring memories she couldn’t quite place.
- Walking through the old neighborhood gave me an eerily familiar sense of deja vu.
Meaning
The term ‘eerily-familiar’ describes a situation or feeling that evokes a sense of recognition that is almost unsettling, as if the experience is both known and foreign at the same time.
Synonyms
- uncannily recognizable
- strangely known
- oddly reminiscent
