Meaning & use
eldritch
Strange and sinister in a way that suggests something supernatural or otherworldly.
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An eldritch glow seeped from beneath the crumbling cellar door.
The story's eldritch creatures defied any ordinary description of a monster.
A note on using this word
Eldritch is a literary word, popularized in horror fiction, especially the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
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