What is the meaning of eldritch?

adjective

  • 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
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