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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.
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. miraculous. phenomenal.
Unearthly definition: seeming not to belong to this earth or world. See examples of UNEARTHLY used in a sentence.
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.
3 meanings: 1. ghostly; eerie; weird 2. heavenly; sublime 3. ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour).... Click for more definitions.
Definition of unearthly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
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.
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.
Synonyms for UNEARTHLY: superhuman, uncanny, magical, miraculous, remarkable, supernatural, transcendental, transcendent; Antonyms of UNEARTHLY: ordinary, usual, typical, average, prosaic, garden, routine, everyday.
