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unearthly
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un·earth·ly  (n-ûrthl)
adj. un·earth·li·er, un·earth·li·est
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·earthli·ness n.

unearthly
Adjective
1. strange, unnatural, or eerie: unearthly beauty
2. ridiculous or unreasonable: the unearthly hour of seven in the morning
unearthliness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unearthlyunearthly - concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
2.unearthlyunearthly - 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
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

unearthly
adjective 2. unreasonable, ridiculous, absurd, strange, extraordinary, abnormal, unholy (informal) ungodly (informal)
Translations

unearthly [ʌnˈəːθlɪ] adj unearthly hour (col) → hora intempestiva
unearthly [ʌnˈəːθlɪ] adjsurnaturel(le); [hour] → indu(e)impossible
unearthly [ʌnˈəːθlɪ] adj (= eerie) → unheimlich;
at some unearthly hour → zu nachtschlafender Zeit
unearthly [ʌnˈəːθlɪ] adjsoprannaturale; [hour] → impossibile

unearthly
adj unearthly [anˈəːθli]
1 supernatural, mysterious or frightening an unearthly sight. verskriklike مُفْزِع، فَوْق طَبيعي، غامِض неземен nadpřirozený overnaturlig übernatürlich υπερφυσικός, αλλόκοτος sobrenatural, de otro mundo üleloomulik ماورا الطبیعی yliluonnollinen surnaturel עַל-טִבעִי अलौकिक nezemaljski, nadnaravan földöntúli yfirnáttúrulegur soprannaturale この世のものと思えない nežemiškas pārdabisks; šausmīgs ghaib bovennatuurlijk, angstaanjagend overnaturlig, mystisk, uhyggelig nieziemski sobrenatural supranatural сверхъестественный nadprirodzený nezemeljski natprirodan övernaturlig, kuslig ไม่เกี่ยวกับโลกมนุษย์ doğa üstü, gizemli, korkutucu 神秘的 неземний, надприродний پراسرار siêu phàm
2 outrageous or unreasonable He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m. onmenslik غَيْر مَعْقول، مُثير للغَضَب нечовешки nelidský ukristelig unmöglich παράλογος, εξωφρενικός intempestivo arutu غیر منطقی؛ عجیب älytön indu לא סָבִיר गलत nemoguć, nezgodan lehetetlen óguðlegur, fáránlegur assurdo とんでもない netinkamas, nežmoniškas nepiemērots; neiedomājams buta idioot ukristelig, urimelig niemożliwy absurdo imposibil (крайне) неподходящий neľudský nemogoč neprikladan okristlig, orimlig ที่ไม่มีเหตุผล akıl almaz, yersiz, acayip 不合理的 абсурдний; непідхожий غير معقول không hợp lý


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