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unearthly

un·earth·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-urth-lee]
    • /ʌnˈɜrθ li/
    • /ʌnˈɜːθ.li/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-urth-lee]
    • /ʌnˈɜrθ li/

Definitions of unearthly word

  • adjective unearthly seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty. 1
  • adjective unearthly supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream. 1
  • adjective unearthly out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour. 1
  • adjective unearthly ghostly, otherworldly 1
  • adjective unearthly You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural. 0
  • adjective unearthly If you refer to a time as an unearthly hour, you are emphasizing that it is very early in the morning. 0

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Origin of unearthly

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; un-1 + earthly

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Parts of speech for Unearthly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unearthly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for unearthly

adj unearthly

  • all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
  • apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
  • asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
  • cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
  • cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.

noun unearthly

adjective unearthly

  • acroamatic — relating to oral communication
  • corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
  • daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
  • disbodied — (archaic) disembodied.
  • divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

Antonyms for unearthly

adj unearthly

  • alluvial — Alluvial soils are soils which consist of earth and sand left behind on land which has been flooded or where a river once flowed.
  • earthly — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.

adjective unearthly

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