Lovecraftian

Lovecraftian
adjective /lʌvˈkræftiən/
a) Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly.

The tip of the thing was equipped with long whiplike appendages that writhed around a loose, drooling, toothless mouth large enough to swallow a man whole...Perhaps this was the only thing that the escaping Lovecraftian entity had thus far been able to extrude between the opening Gates — this one finger.

b) Of, pertaining to, or emulating the style or works of author (1890-1937).

Lovecraftian horror, Lovecraftian fiction


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