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ELDRITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eldritch mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
Synonyms:
eldritch; uncanny; unearthly; weird
Context example:
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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