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Antonyms for unearthly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-urth-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɜrθ li



Definition of unearthly

Origin :
  • 1610s, "heavenly, sublime," from un- (1) "not" + earthly. Sense of "ghostly, weird" first recorded 1802. Related: Unearthliness.
  • adj supernatural; very strange
Example sentences :
  • It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "What an unearthly hour," he said, unable to check the yawns.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • When first I saw the donkey I saw him in the sunlight as the unearthly gargoyle that he is.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The steel-shod sides were bathed in an unearthly orange glow.
  • Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
  • It covered the dawn, the clouding and the unearthly sunset of a hope.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The silence of the room was broken by a fall, a succession of unearthly screams.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Socrates as yet does not know himself; and why should he care to know about unearthly monsters?
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • His answer was an unearthly howl from the box, accompanied by a mighty scratching.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In seconds the room was filled with unearthly hoots and wails and whistles.
  • Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • There was a roar in his ears like the bombardment of unearthly artillery.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for unearthly

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