unholyadjective
uk/ʌnˈhəʊ.li/us/ʌnˈhoʊ.li/unholy adjective (HARMFUL)
used to describe a combination of things when it is very bad, harmful, or unpleasant:
Religious fanatics have formed an unholy alliance with right wing groups.
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Dangerous and harmful
- adverse
- apocalyptic
- biohazard
- damaging
- deleterious
- do more harm than good idiom
- favour
- forbidding
- gnarly
- harm
- harmful
- kiss
- negative
- not do sb any favours idiom
- penal
- pernicious
- rogue
- ruinous
- self-destruct
- toxic
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unholy adjective (UNPLEASANT)
[ before noun ] informal extremely unpleasant:
an unholy mess/row/noise
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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unholy adjective (IN RELIGION)
not pure or religious:
He described their actions as unholy.