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unearthly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unearthly \Un*earth"ly\, a. Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence weird; appalling; terrific; as an unearthly sight or sound. -- {Un*earth"li*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unearthly adj 1: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" [syn: {spiritual}] 2: 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 [syn: {eldritch}, {weird}, {uncanny}]
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