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- Dictionaryunearthly/ʌnˈəːθli/
adjective
- 1. unnatural or mysterious, especially in a disturbing way: "unearthly quiet" Similar Opposite
- 2. unreasonably early or inconvenient: informal "a job which involves getting up at an unearthly hour" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ʌnˈɜːθ.li / us / ʌnˈɝːθ.li / 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. Late.
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. magical.
Unearthly definition: seeming not to belong to this earth or world. See examples of UNEARTHLY used in a sentence.
1. Not of this earth; preternatural; supernatural. 2. Unnaturally strange and frightening. See Synonyms at weird. 3. Ridiculously unreasonable or uncustomary; absurd: called me at an unearthly hour. un·earth′li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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.
Definition of unearthly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'unearthly' 1. You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural. [...] 2. If you refer to a time as an unearthly hour, you are emphasizing that it is very early in the morning. [emphasis] [...] 3. An unearthly noise is unpleasant because it sounds frightening and unnatural. [...] More.
adjective. uk / ʌnˈɜːθli / us. Add to word list Add to word list. strange and frightening: an unearthly light / beauty. (Definition of unearthly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of unearthly. in Chinese (Traditional) 不方便的, （時間）非常不方便的，過早的，過晚的, 奇怪的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
(ʌnɜːʳθli ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural. For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water. The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly. Synonyms: eerie, strange, supernatural, ghostly More Synonyms of unearthly. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
