Eldritch

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eldritch \El"dritch\, a.
     Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local,
     Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  eldritch
       adj : 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 [syn: {weird}, {uncanny}, {unearthly}]