English word senses marked with topical category "Lovecraftian horror"
Parent categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature, Supernatural, Artistic works, Speculative fiction, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Folklore, Art, Genres, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Total 12 word senses
- Cthulhic (Adjective) Of, or pertaining to, Cthulhu; monstrous.
- Cthulhu (Proper name) A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
- Kitab al-Azif (Proper name) Synonym of Necronomicon.
- Ktulu (Proper name) Alternative spelling of Cthulhu
- Kutulu (Proper name) Alternative spelling of Cthulhu
- Lovecraft Country (Proper name) The fictionalized universe populated by the supernatural beings of H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and that of other authors inspired by Lovecraft's works, especially the fictionalized version of New England.
- Lovecraftian (Adjective) Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly, sometimes with terrifyingly unnatural anatomy.
- Necronomicon (Proper name) A fictional grimoire of arcane and forbidden knowledge whose contents can drive a person mad.
- chthonian (Adjective) Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.
- chthonian (Noun) A dweller in the mythical underworld.
- cosmicism (Noun) The literary philosophy developed by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, stating that there is no recognizable divine presence, such as God, in the universe, and that humans are particularly insignificant in the larger scheme of intergalactic existence.
- shoggoth (Noun) A monstrous gelatinous creature with green eyes, featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.
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