supernaturalesque

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of supernatural things.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

adjectivesupernaturalesque (comparative more supernaturalesque, superlative most supernaturalesque)

comparative more supernaturalesque · superlative most supernaturalesque

  1. rareResembling or characteristic of supernatural things.

    I've considered the situation, and decided, tentatively, that given the fantastic nature of my imagination, perhaps a supernaturalesque thriller is in order.

    1994 July 12, NightRazor, “FICTION THEME: leading dual lives, internal and external; compartmentalization of life”, in misc.writing (Usenet)
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    If Pulver had shown us that Marsh had access to some supernaturalesque powers (which he obviously DOESN'T have in Nightmare's Disciple), then the novel would have been much scarier.

    2000 April 24, agorelik, “Nightmares Disciple - Any Opinions?”, in alt.horror.cthulhu (Usenet)

    The obvious cases, like the Martin Caidin's "Cyborg", or the Clarke YASID about the cyborg injured in a blimp accident getting to explore one of the gas giants,we can probably ignore, since the abilities gained aren't really supernaturalesque.

    2007 April 20, Wayne Throop, “Psychic CSI subgenre”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

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