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How to pronounce eldritch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms uncanny, unearthly, weird


an eldritch screech.

Examples of eldritch

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Oh, Wrighty, from what dark realm of decadence did these eldritch desires spring?
From the guardian.co.uk
Those decayed New England towns of H.P. Lovecraft are just sitting ducks for ancient, eldritch mischief.
From the boston.com
The audience is shivering, and that's not just down to Warpaint's eldritch, will-o'-the-wisp music.
From the guardian.co.uk
That means everywhere because the world remains strewn with invisible banana peels and eldritch hazards.
From the time.com
And every once in a while it's nice to do an eldritch, namelessly horrific take on your typical Friday Fun.
From the scienceblogs.com
The Scherzo bristled with eldritch energy, and the lovely Andante cantabile had the character of an operatic scene.
From the nytimes.com
The example uses eldritch horror themes like those from H.P. Lovecraft's works, and encourages the player to use the same.
From the techcrunch.com
She unleashes a few eldritch shrieks and falls to the ground writhing, as if she were Bertha Mason in the attic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Eldritch things lurk in shadows.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • 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
  • Eldritch is a progressive/power metal band formed in 1991 in Italy. Their history begins when Eugene Simone, Adriano Dal Canto, and Terence Holler formed a band with the intent of putting out some demos. ...
  • Unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie
  • Ghastly, frighted, elvish.
  • Adjective - weird; eerie
  • Ghastly; hideous; weird