Antonyms for unholy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-hoh-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈhoʊ li

Definition of unholy

Origin : Old English unhalig, "impious, profane, wicked," from un- (1) "not" + halig (see holy). Cf. Middle Dutch onheilich, Old Norse uheilagr, Danish unhellig, Swedish ohelig. In reference to actions, it is attested from late 14c. Colloquial sense of "awful, dreadful" is recorded from 1842.

adj sacrilegious
adj outrageous

Example sentences :

Woe betide—but, was there ever such a gathering of unclean, unholy humanity?
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

“I can think about both,” was my unholy, time-serving reply.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

They, too, might be banished, if the feeling that they were unholy and abominable could sink into the minds of men.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The declaration that such things are hateful to the Gods, and most abominable and unholy.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The legislator who puts them in another order is doing an unholy and unpatriotic thing.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

But Esther by a word, it seemed, by a look, had the power of waking her to unholy revolt.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

How could one have expected her to throw off the unholy prestige of that long domination?
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

It was the work of a man who knew things which it is unholy for men to know.
Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham

It was long before there arrived any diminution in the unholy racket.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

The cavalry of this unholy gang was but three garrons, string and bone.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

Synonyms for unholy

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