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ELDRITCH

Pronunciation (US):

• ELDRITCH (adjective)
The adjective ELDRITCH has 1 sense:

1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

Familiarity information: ELDRITCH used as an adjective is very rare.

• ELDRITCH (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

Synonyms:

eldritch; uncanny; weird; unearthly

Context examples:

an eldritch screech / the three weird sisters / stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures / an unearthly light / he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din

Similar:

supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)

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