unearthly
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unearthly
- /ʌnˈɜːθ.li/ UK
- /ʌnˈɝθ.li/ US
adjective unearthlier · unearthliest
- Not of the earth; nonterrestrial. They were, I now saw, the most unearthly creatures it is possible to conceive.
- Preternatural or supernatural. I believe that we are the last human beings who will ever see that unearthly sight.
- Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious. I then set out to survey the town in the self-same palankeen. The houses had all of them an unearthly appearance, by no means consonant to our ideas of Oriental splendor.
- Ideal beyond the mundane. By the late sixteenth century Elizabeth had become the icon-like Virgin Queen of legend, an image created, to a large extent, by her extraordinary, unearthly costume and appearance.
- Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous. I see my boys all wearing the same unearthly trousers, the same hair cuts, garish ties and sweaters, all rolling their socks and entertaining the same crazy notions about everything.
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adj preternatural or supernatural
| हिन्दी | अलौकिक alaukik |
|---|---|
| Português | sobrenatural |
| Deutsch | überirdisch |
| Ελληνικά | υπερφυσικός yperfysikós |
| Русский | неземной nezemnoj, сверхъесте́ственный sverxʺjestéstvennyj |
adj strange or mysterious
| हिन्दी | अलौकिक alaukik |
|---|---|
| Português | estranho, bizarro |
| Deutsch | unheimlich |
| Ελληνικά | αλλόκοτος allókotos |
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@misc{unearthly_2026,
title = {unearthly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unearthly},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
