eldritch

Adjective
US[el-drich]/ˈɛldrɪtʃ/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences“an eldritch screech”“the three weird sisters”“stumps … had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures — John Galsworthy”“an unearthly light”“he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din — Henry Kingsley”Synonyms: weirduncannyunearthlyOpposite naturalSimilar supernatural
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

El′dritch adjective

Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. Local, Eng.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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