unearthly
adj 1: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a
spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment";
"spiritual values"; "unearthly love" [syn: spiritual,
unearthly]
2: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an
eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had
uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy;
"an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of
some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley [syn:
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly]
unearthly adjectiveDate: 1611 not earthly: as a. not mundane ;ideal <unearthly love> b. not terrestrial
<unearthly radio sources> c.preternatural,
supernatural <an unearthly light> d.weird,
eerie <unearthly howls> e.absurd, ungodly
<gets up at an unearthly hour>
• unearthlinessnoun
unearthly
1. You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural.
For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water...The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly.ADJ: usu ADJ n
2. If you refer to a time as an unearthly hour, you are emphasizing that it is very
early in the morning.
They arranged to meet in Riverside Park at the unearthly hour of seven in the morning.= ungodly
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
3. An unearthly noise is unpleasant because it sounds frightening and unnatural.
She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail.ADJ: usu ADJ n
Unearthly \Un*earth"ly\, a.
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird;
appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. --
Un*earth"li*ness, n.
unearthly
ʌnˈəθlɪ adj.
1 supernatural, unnatural, preternatural, unworldly, other-worldly, psychic(al),
extramundane, extraterrestrial, extrasensory, supersensory, out-of-(the)-body, asomatous,
incorporeal, sublime, celestial, astral: They speculated about what unearthly experiences space
travel might lead to.
2 weird, bizarre, macabre, nightmarish, uncanny, eerie, strange, ghostly, spectral, unreal,
Literary eldritch, Colloq spooky, creepy: An unearthly creature appeared in a mist before her.
3 strange, odd, peculiar, unusual, abnormal, absurd, out of the ordinary, extraordinary,
outrageous; unheard-of, unreasonable, Colloq ungodly: The baby wakes up at the unearthly hour
of three o'clock every morning.
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