unearthly

[ uhn-urth-lee ]

/ ʌnˈɜrθ li /

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adjective

seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.

supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream.

out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour.

Origin of unearthly

First recorded in 1605–15; un-¹ + earthly

SYNONYMS FOR unearthly

2 preternatural, spectral.

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2. See weird.

OTHER WORDS FROM unearthly

un·earth·li·ness, noun

Words nearby unearthly

unearned, unearned income, unearned increment, unearned run, unearth, unearthly, uneasy, Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, uneatable, uneaten, uneconomic

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Example sentences from the Web for unearthly

But who was to dream that he would arrange to leave it at such an unearthly time of the morning at this dark season of the year?
The Hand of Ethelberta|Thomas Hardy
I'm leaving town tomorrow, or I should not have intruded at such an unearthly hour.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
To my eyes it has an unearthly loveliness which I make no effort to pass on to others.
Roving East and Roving West|E. V. Lucas
The unearthly beauty of the thought and the divine simplicity of its expression took the orator captive.
A Modern Idyll|Frank Harris

In such a place, at such an hour, it has something ghastly and unearthly in its nature.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848|Various

British Dictionary definitions for unearthly

unearthly

/ (ʌnˈɜːθlɪ) /

adjective

ghostly; eerie; weirdunearthly screams

heavenly; sublimeunearthly music

ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour)

Derived forms of unearthly

unearthliness, noun

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单词	unearthly
释义	unearthly [ uhn-urth-lee ] / ʌnˈɜrθ li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unearthly ON THESAURUS.COM adjective seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty. supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream. out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour. Origin of unearthly First recorded in 1605–15; un-¹ + earthly SYNONYMS FOR unearthly 2 preternatural, spectral. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unearthly ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for unearthly 2. See weird. OTHER WORDS FROM unearthly un·earth·li·ness, noun Words nearby unearthly unearned, unearned income, unearned increment, unearned run, unearth, unearthly, uneasy, Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, uneatable, uneaten, uneconomic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unearthly But who was to dream that he would arrange to leave it at such an unearthly time of the morning at this dark season of the year? The Hand of Ethelberta\|Thomas Hardy I'm leaving town tomorrow, or I should not have intruded at such an unearthly hour. Dope\|Sax Rohmer To my eyes it has an unearthly loveliness which I make no effort to pass on to others. Roving East and Roving West\|E. V. Lucas The unearthly beauty of the thought and the divine simplicity of its expression took the orator captive. A Modern Idyll\|Frank Harris In such a place, at such an hour, it has something ghastly and unearthly in its nature. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848\|Various British Dictionary definitions for unearthly unearthly / (ʌnˈɜːθlɪ) / adjective ghostly; eerie; weirdunearthly screams heavenly; sublimeunearthly music ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour) Derived forms of unearthly unearthliness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unearthly abnormal, absurd, appalling, devilish, eerie, ethereal, extraordinary, fiendish, frightening, funereal, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, hair-raising, haunted, heavenly, miraculous, nightmarish, phantom, preternatural
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unearthly

adjective

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adjective

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