Eldritch (Adjective)
Meaning
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The strange, glowing symbol etched into the stone seemed to pulse with an eldritch energy.
- As she lay in bed, the creaks and groans of the old house took on an eldritch quality that sent shivers down her spine.
- The figure that emerged from the fog was surrounded by an eldritch aura that made it seem otherworldly.
- The trees, twisted and gnarled with age, seemed to take on eldritch forms in the flickering moonlight.
- The sound of the wind whistling through the abandoned mine was an eldritch wail that seemed to come from beyond the grave.