adjective
eldritch
EL-drich/ˈeldrɪtʃ/
Strange and frightening in a seemingly supernatural way.
An eldritch apparition emerges from a crack in the standing stone.
Etymology
The origin is uncertain, though an association with elves has been proposed. Its recorded meanings include “hideous,” “ghastly,” and “weird,” placing its otherworldliness in an unsettling rather than merely magical register.
In context
they genetically engineer like a lion lion zebra just something that never should have been made this murder of species that is like an eldritch abomination
More examples
- An eldritch cry echoed through the deserted halls.
- The novel's eldritch creatures haunt its narrator's dreams.
- Under green emergency lights, the familiar corridor looked suddenly eldritch.
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