un·earth·ly ( n-ûrth l )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·earth li·ness n. |
unearthly [ʌnˈɜːθlɪ]
adj
1. ghostly; eerie; weird unearthly screams
2. heavenly; sublime unearthly music
3. ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour)
unearthliness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. |  unearthly - 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. |  unearthly - 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 Kingsleysupernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" |
unearthly
adjective
1. eerie, strange, supernatural, ghostly, weird, phantom, uncanny, spooky (informal), nightmarish, spectral, eldritch (poetic), preternatural The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly.
2. unreasonable, ridiculous, absurd, strange, extraordinary, abnormal, unholy (informal), ungodly (informal) They arranged to meet at the unearthly hour of seven in the morning.
Translations
unearthly [ʌnˈɜːθlɪ] ADJ
1. (= otherworldly) [light, sound] → sobrenatural; [beauty] → sobrenatural, de otro mundo
2. (= ungodly) [noise] → tremendo
at some unearthly hour → a unas horas intempestivas
do you still get up at that unearthly hour? → ¿todavía te levantas a esas horas(tan intempestivas)?
at some unearthly hour → a unas horas intempestivas
do you still get up at that unearthly hour? → ¿todavía te levantas a esas horas(tan intempestivas)?
unearthly
adj (= eerie) calm → gespenstisch, unheimlich; scream → schauerlich, unheimlich; beauty → überirdisch; (inf: = awful) sound, noise, racket → schauerlich; at the unearthly hour of 5 o’clock (inf) → zu nachtschlafender Stunde um 5 Uhr
unearthly [ʌnˈɜːθlɪ] adj (eerie, brightness) → innaturale; (noise, sound) → spettrale
unearthly hour (fam) → ora impossibile
unearthly [ʌnˈɜːθlɪ] adj (eerie, brightness) → innaturale; (noise, sound) → spettrale
unearthly hour (fam) → ora impossibile
unearthly hour (fam) → ora impossibile
unearthly [ʌnˈɜːθlɪ] adj (eerie, brightness) → innaturale; (noise, sound) → spettrale
unearthly hour (fam) → ora impossibile
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 초자연적인 nežemiškas pārdabisks; šausmīgs ghaib bovennatuurlijk, angstaanjagend overnaturlig, mystisk, uhyggelig nieziemski sobrenatural supranatural сверхъестественный nadprirodzený nezemeljski natprirodan övernaturlig, kuslig ไม่เกี่ยวกับโลกมนุษย์ doğa üstü, gizemli, korkutucu 超自然的，神秘的，令人害怕的 неземний, надприродний پراسرار siêu phàm 神秘的
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 무시무시한 netinkamas, nežmoniškas nepiemērots; neiedomājams buta idioot ukristelig, urimelig niemożliwy absurdo imposibil (крайне) неподходящий neľudský nemogoč neprikladan okristlig, orimlig ที่ไม่มีเหตุผล akıl almaz, yersiz, acayip 無理的，不合理的 абсурдний; непідхожий غير معقول không hợp lý 不合理的
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