Antonyms for unearthly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-urth-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɜrθ li

Definition of unearthly

Origin : 1610s, "heavenly, sublime," from un- (1) "not" + earthly. Sense of "ghostly, weird" first recorded 1802. Related: Unearthliness.

adj supernatural; very strange

Example sentences :

It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

"What an unearthly hour," he said, unable to check the yawns.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

When first I saw the donkey I saw him in the sunlight as the unearthly gargoyle that he is.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

The steel-shod sides were bathed in an unearthly orange glow.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

It covered the dawn, the clouding and the unearthly sunset of a hope.
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

The silence of the room was broken by a fall, a succession of unearthly screams.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Socrates as yet does not know himself; and why should he care to know about unearthly monsters?
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

His answer was an unearthly howl from the box, accompanied by a mighty scratching.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

In seconds the room was filled with unearthly hoots and wails and whistles.
Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

There was a roar in his ears like the bombardment of unearthly artillery.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for unearthly

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