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- 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 definition: seeming not to belong to this earth or world. See examples of UNEARTHLY used in a sentence.
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adjective. un· earth· ly ˌən-ˈərth-lē. Synonyms of unearthly. : not earthly: such as. a. : not mundane : ideal. unearthly love. b. : not terrestrial. unearthly radio sources. c. : preternatural, supernatural. an unearthly light. d. : weird, eerie. unearthly howls. e. : absurd, ungodly. gets up at an unearthly hour. unearthliness noun. Synonyms.
What does the adjective unearthly mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective unearthly . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
unearthly adjective (NOT CONVENIENT) Add to word list. informal. An unearthly time is not at all convenient because it is too early in the morning or too late at night: I was woken up at some unearthly hour of the morning by someone knocking on my door. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of unearthly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
UNEARTHLY meaning: 1. An unearthly time is not at all convenient because it is too early in the morning or too late at…. Learn more.
Unearthly describes something supernatural — a person or object that seems to come from another world. Unearthly beings are usually mysterious and can sometimes be scary, like the aliens you might see in a science fiction movie.
