tentacled
Like an octopus
Having tentacles—the long, flexible, arm-like appendages found on creatures like octopuses, squid, and jellyfish: a tentacled sea monster, the tentacled horror emerged from the deep.
The word appears most often in science fiction, fantasy, and nature writing.
Figuratively, it can describe anything with sprawling, grasping extensions: the tentacled reach of the corporation.
Eight-limbed sea mollusk
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
- cuttlefishColor-changing cephalopod with internal shell
- nautilusChambered marine mollusk
- krakenGiant squid of legend
arms · suction · suckers · ink · beak · mantle · siphon · camouflage
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- gripSecure manual hold
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- entwineWind around each other
- entangleTwist into confusion
coil · constrict · embrace · envelop · cling · wrap · snare · capture
Being from outer space
- CthulhuFictional tentacled cosmic deity
- LovecraftianEvoking cosmic horror
- eldritchWeirdly supernatural, disturbingly strange
- cosmic horrorFear of vast, unknowable forces
science fiction · creature · otherworldly · invasion · abduction · monster · writhing · grotesque
Curving in flowing turns
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
- undulatingMoving in waves
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- suppleFlexing without damage
serpentine · slithering · curling · waving · grasping · probing · reaching · coiling
Drifting marine stinger
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
- sea monsterMythic ocean beast
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- starfishFive-armed marine invertebrate
urchin · coral · man-o-war · nudibranch · polyp · medusa · sea cucumber · kelp
octopus
Eight-limbed sea mollusk
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
- cuttlefishColor-changing cephalopod with internal shell
- nautilusChambered marine mollusk
kraken · arms · suction · suckers · ink · beak · mantle · siphon · camouflage · jet propulsion
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
entangle · coil · constrict · embrace · envelop · cling · wrap · snare · capture · ensnare
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
- CthulhuFictional tentacled cosmic deity
- LovecraftianEvoking cosmic horror
- eldritchWeirdly supernatural, disturbingly strange
cosmic horror · science fiction · creature · otherworldly · invasion · abduction · monster · writhing · grotesque · appendage
sinuous
Curving in flowing turns
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
- undulatingMoving in waves
- pliableCapable of bending easily
supple · serpentine · slithering · curling · waving · grasping · probing · reaching · coiling · whiplike
jellyfish
Drifting marine stinger
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
- sea monsterMythic ocean beast
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
starfish · urchin · coral · man-o-war · nudibranch · polyp · medusa · sea cucumber · kelp · seaweed
- tentacle monsterMulti-limbed creature of terror
- sticky tentaclesGrasping limbs with suction
- squid tentacleCephalopod's grasping limb