necromantic

Thân thiện

A sorcerer uses necromantic powders in a dark ritual.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pertaining to necromancy: Relating to the practice of communicating with the dead, especially to predict the future or discover hidden knowledge.
   • Resembling or characteristic of necromancy: Having a quality that suggests the conjuring of the dead or the supernatural; eerie, ghostly, or involving death.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The ancient tome contained necromantic rituals for summoning spirits.
  • They explored the ruins, feeling a necromantic chill in the air.
  • The cult was accused of performing necromantic ceremonies in the old cemetery.

Advanced Usage

• "necromantic arts": The skills or practices involved in necromancy.
  • He was a scholar of the forbidden necromantic arts.
• "necromantic energy": A supernatural force associated with death or the undead.
  • The artifact pulsed with a dark, necromantic energy.

Variants and Related Words

• Necromancy (n): The practice of magic involving communication with the dead.
  • Necromancy is often portrayed as a dark and dangerous art.
• Necromancer (n): A person who practices necromancy.
  • The villain in the story was a powerful necromancer.

Synonyms

• Necromantical (adj): An archaic variant with the same meaning.
• Deathly: Suggestive of death.
• Spectral: Of or like a ghost; phantom.
• Occult: Involving mystical, supernatural, or magical powers.

Related Phrases

• Necromantic ritual: A formal ceremony intended to invoke or communicate with the dead.
  • The necromantic ritual required specific incantations and symbols.
• Necromantic powers: Abilities derived from or related to necromancy.
  • The witch was feared for her alleged necromantic powers.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead
   • a necromantic sorcerer
   • necromantic delusions
   • necromantic powders and other weird objects
2. relating to or associated with necromancy
   • mysterious necromantic rites

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