[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc.

- Of a thing: uncanny, disquieting; = "eerie".


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Burns (1759–1796), poet. Origin uncertain. Sc. National Dict at ourie adj. suggests derivation ultimately from a variant of owl or owl; compare also Scots oor to huddle with cold, shiver, oorit cold, shivery