unearthly

  • 11unearthly — un|earth|ly [ʌnˈə:θli US ˈə:r ] adj 1.) very strange and unnatural, and probably frightening ▪ His eyes shone with an unearthly light. 2.) unearthly hour/time etc informal very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient ▪ He… …

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  • 12unearthly — un|earth|ly [ ʌn ɜrθli ] adjective something that is unearthly is frightening or strange because it does not seem natural: An unearthly silence settled on the streets that night. unearthly hour a time of day, especially very early, that is not a… …

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  • 13unearthly — adjective 1 very strange and unnatural: I felt an unearthly presence in the room. 2 unearthly hour/time etc informal very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient: We had to set off at some unearthly hour of the morning.… …

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  • 14unearthly — UK [ʌnˈɜː(r)θlɪ] / US [ʌnˈɜrθlɪ] adjective something that is unearthly is frightening or strange because it does not seem natural An unearthly silence settled on the streets that night. • unearthly hour …

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  • 15unearthly — mod. weird; terrible. □ What was that unearthly noise? □ There was an unearthly smell coming out of the kitchen. □ That’s not unearthly! …

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  • 16unearthly — /ʌnˈɜθli / (say un erthlee) adjective 1. not of this earth or world. 2. supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream. 3. Colloquial unreasonable; absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour. –unearthliness, noun …

  • 17unearthly — adj. Unearthly is used with these nouns: ↑hour, ↑howl …

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  • 18unearthly — adjective (unearthlier, unearthliest) 1》 unnatural or mysterious, especially in a disturbing way. 2》 informal unreasonably early or inconvenient: an unearthly hour. Derivatives unearthliness noun …

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  • 19unearthly — adjective an unearthly chill in the air Syn: otherworldly, supernatural, preternatural, alien; ghostly, spectral, phantom, mysterious, spine chilling, hair raising; uncanny, eerie, strange, weird, unnatural, bizarre, surreal; eldritch; info …

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  • 20unearthly — un•earth•ly [[t]ʌnˈɜrθ li[/t]] adj. 1) seeming not to belong to this earth or world 2) supernatural; ghostly; weird: an unearthly cry[/ex] 3) unreasonable or absurd • Etymology: 1605–15 un•earth′li•ness, n …

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