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Synonyms for unearthly
ʌnˈɜrθ liun·earth·ly

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  1. spiritual, unearthlyadjective

    concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

    "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"

    Synonyms:
    religious, ghostly, spiritual, eldritch, spectral, weird, uncanny, apparitional, phantasmal, ghostlike

    Antonyms:
    natural, temporal, worldly, secular

  2. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthlyadjective

    suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

    "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

    Synonyms:
    preternatural, spiritual, uncanny, weird, eldritch

    Antonyms:
    secular, natural, temporal, worldly

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. unearthlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    supernatural, preternatural

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  1. unearthlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    weird, supernatural, preternatural, eerie, apalling, terrific

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2235religious
#3706spiritual
#5549weird
#10893spectral
#31626uncanny
#34948ghostly
#76531eldritch
#79310unearthly
#173448preternatural
#280933phantasmal
#301114ghostlike

How to use unearthly in a sentence?

  1. Elizabeth Bowen:

    It is in this unearthly first hour of spring twilight that earth's almost agonized livingness is most felt. This hour is so dreadful to some people that they hurry indoors and turn on the lights.

  2. Kahlil Gibran:

    A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.


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  • nadpozemský, nadpřirozený, ulítlý, nepozemský, nezemský, tajemnýCzech
  • sobrenaturalSpanish
  • पता लगाने काHindi
  • сверхъестественный, неземнойRussian
  • ojordisk, mystisk, himmelsk, övernaturlig, överjordiskSwedish
  • неземнийUkrainian

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