Definition

oorie

adjective
  1. Dingy, gloomy, or dismal in appearance or atmosphere.
  2. Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect
  3. Eerie or uncanny; causing a feeling of unease or dread.
  4. Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect

Examples

  • The oorie weather kept everyone indoors all afternoon.
  • That old abandoned house has an oorie feeling about it.
  • The oorie mist rolled across the moor at dusk.
  • She found the empty street oorie and unsettling.
  • The oorie light of the storm made the landscape look haunted.

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