adj
Meaning 1
Not of the earth; nonterrestrial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unearthly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK: /ʌnˈɜːθ.li/
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adj
Meaning 2
Preternatural or supernatural.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Meaning 4
Ideal beyond the mundane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Meaning 5
Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, figuratively
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences- John Galsworthy- Henry Kingsley
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an eldritch screech
- the three weird sisters
- stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
- an unearthly light
- he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eldritch, weird, uncanny
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a spiritual approach to life
- spiritual fulfillment
- spiritual values
- unearthly love
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spiritual
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From un- + earthly.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неземен (nezemen) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Czech: nepozemský — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Esperanto: netera — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Georgian: არამიწიერი (aramic̣ieri) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Georgian: არაამქვეყნიური (araamkveq̇niuri) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Hindi: अलौकिक (alaukik) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Polish: nie z tego świata — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Polish: nieziemski — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Polish: pozaziemski — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Russian: неземной (nezemnoj) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Swedish: ojordisk — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Ukrainian: неземний (nezemnyj) — not of the earth; non-terrestrial
- Bulgarian: свръхестествен (svrǎhestestven) — preternatural or supernatural
- Czech: nadpozemský — preternatural or supernatural
- Czech: nadpřirozený — preternatural or supernatural
- Georgian: არამიწიერი (aramic̣ieri) — preternatural or supernatural
- Georgian: ზებუნებრივი (zebunebrivi) — preternatural or supernatural
- Georgian: არაამქვეყნიური (araamkveq̇niuri) — preternatural or supernatural
- German: überirdisch — preternatural or supernatural
- Greek: υπερφυσικός (yperfysikós) — preternatural or supernatural
- Hindi: अलौकिक (alaukik) — preternatural or supernatural
- Polish: nadprzyrodzony — preternatural or supernatural
- Portuguese: sobrenatural — preternatural or supernatural
- Russian: неземной (nezemnoj) — preternatural or supernatural
- Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (sverxʺjestéstvennyj) — preternatural or supernatural
- Swedish: övernaturlig — preternatural or supernatural
- Bulgarian: странен (stranen) — strange or mysterious
- Bulgarian: мистериозен (misteriozen) — strange or mysterious
- Czech: nezemský — strange or mysterious
- Czech: tajemný — strange or mysterious
- Georgian: არამიწიერი (aramic̣ieri) — strange or mysterious
- Georgian: არაამქვეყნიური (araamkveq̇niuri) — strange or mysterious
- German: unheimlich — strange or mysterious
- Greek: αλλόκοτος (allókotos) — strange or mysterious
- Hindi: अलौकिक (alaukik) — strange or mysterious
- Polish: niepojęty — strange or mysterious
- Portuguese: estranho — strange or mysterious
- Portuguese: bizarro — strange or mysterious
- Swedish: mystisk — strange or mysterious
- Georgian: არამიწიერი (aramic̣ieri) — ideal beyond the mundane
- Polish: nieziemski — ideal beyond the mundane
- Polish: niepojęty — ideal beyond the mundane
- Polish: niewyobrażalny — ideal beyond the mundane
- Polish: nieprawdopodobny — ideal beyond the mundane
- Swedish: himmelsk — ideal beyond the mundane
- Swedish: överjordisk — ideal beyond the mundane
- Czech: ulítlý — ridiculous
- Polish: niestworzony — ridiculous
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