Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unearthly"
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) 1.7 (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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