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unearthly
[ uhn-urth-lee ]
adjective
- seeming not to belong to this earth or world:
unearthly beauty.
- supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird:
an unearthly scream.
Synonyms: spectral, preternatural
- out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd:
to get up at an unearthly hour.
unearthly
/ ʌnˈɜːθlɪ /
adjective
- ghostly; eerie; weird
unearthly screams
- heavenly; sublime
unearthly music
- ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour )
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Derived Forms
- unˈearthliness, noun
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Other Words From
- un·earthli·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unearthly1
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Example Sentences
Huge, dim forms rushed alongside the embankment, making unearthly sounds.
Again that wild unearthly sound rustled among the bushes, and the dog broke out into a long dismal howl.
The sky was cloudless and the silver rays of a nearly full moon lit up the scene with an unearthly beauty.
He would go alone if he must; no barricade of unearthly beasts could hold him from the great adventure.
That unearthly silence still brooded over the great river and lonely forest.
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