Eldritch

Quick meaning: Eldritch is an adjective meaning Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.

Meaning

Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.

Example Sentences

So Maggie runs, the witches follow, / Wi' mony an eldritch ſkreech and hollow.

And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.

Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.

I look'd upon the rotting Sea, / And drew my eyes away; / I look'd upon the eldritch deck / And there the dead men lay.

Word Forms

• eldrich

Synonyms for eldritch

Depending on context, synonyms include uncanny, weird, supernatural, unearthly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uncanny, weird, unearthly, supernatural, eerie, eery.

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