unearthly
unearthly
Definition
un·earthly (-ʉrt̸h′lē)
adjective
- not, or as if not, of this earth
- supernatural; ghostly
- weird; mysterious
- Informal fantastic, outlandish, absurd, etc.
un·earth′·li·ness noun
unearthly
Synonyms
unearthly
modif.
Antonyms
unearthly
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- noise: No sooner had he commenced to dig in earnest than he heard a terrible, unearthly noise under his feet.
- hour: An album launch was held on Sunday morning at the unearthly hour of 7.30.
- creature: They were, I now saw, the most unearthly creatures it is possible to conceive.
- beauty: But I had had a vision of unearthly beauty, and that was why I was able to live at all.
- sound: Jeff ran to his car and tuned into the local college radio to identify the artist creating these unearthly sounds.
- light: On a clear day, the Hazards seem to glow with an unearthly pink light.
Modifying Another Word
Browse dictionary entries near unearthly
- unearth
- unearned run
- unearned increment
- unearned
- UNE-P
- Une
- undying
- undutiful
- unduly
- undulatory
- unease
- uneasiness
- uneasy
- uneconomical
- unedited
- uneducated
- unembellished
- unemotional
- unemployable
- unemployed
