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eldritch - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'eldritch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eldritch [ a.]
- Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.

Meaning of 'eldritch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eldritch [ s]
Meaning (1):
- suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
Example in sentence:
  • an eldritch screech;
  • an unearthly light;
  • he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din;
  • stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures;
  • the three weird sisters

Nearby Words:

eld elder elderish elderly eldern eldership elderwort eldest elding

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