Why did you call me at this unearthly hour?
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Unearthly
//ʌnˈɝθ.li//
Synonyms for "unearthly" (218 found)
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Strong matches (65)
doubtfuldubiousdubitableeccentriceerieeldritchelysianesotericetherealexoticextramundaneextraneousextraordinaryextrasensoryextraterrestrialextrinsicfantasticfeyforeignfreaked out
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freakyfrom on highfunnyghastlyghostlikeghostlyglorifiedgod fearinggod-fearinggodlikegodlygodly-mindedgoodgrislygruesomehaggardhard of beliefhard to believeheavenlyholyholy-mindedhypernormalhyperphysicalimmaterialimpalpableimplausibleimponderablein gloryinconceivableincorporateincorporealincredibleinsaneinsubstantialintangibleintrusivekookylividloonyluridmacabremetaphysicalmiraculous
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (109)
mortuarymysteriousnonmaterialnonphysicalnot deserving beliefnot to be believednuminousoccultoddoddballoffoff the wallolympianopen to doubtopen to suspicionotherworldlyoutoutlandishoutrageousoutside
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paleparadisaicparadisalparadisiacparadisicpassing beliefpassing strangepeculiarphantompreposterouspreterhumanpreternaturalpreternormalpretersensualproblematicproblematicalpsychicpsychicalpurepure in heartpureheartedquaintqueerquestionableridiculousrighteousrumsaintlikesaintlyseraphicshadowysillysingularspectralspiritual-mindedspookishspookystaggering beliefstrangesublimesuperhumansuperiorsupermundanesupernalsupernormalsuperphysicalsupersensiblesupersensorysupersensualsupramundanesupranaturalsuspectsuspicioustallthickthintranscendentaltransmundaneulteriorunbelievableuncannyunconvincingunembodiedunextendedunfleshlyungodlyunheard-ofunhumanunimaginableunnaturalunphysicalunrealunreasonableunsubstantialunthinkableunusualunworldlyunworthy of beliefwackywanweirdwondrous strange
Adjective(4 words)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- мистериозен adj (strange or mysterious)
- неземен adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- свръхестествен adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- странен adj (strange or mysterious)
Czech
4 entries- nadpozemský adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- nadpřirozený adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- nepozemský adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- nezemský adj (strange or mysterious)
Esperanto
1 entries- netera adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
Georgian
4 entries- არაამქვეყნიური adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- არაამქვეყნიური adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- არაამქვეყნიური adj (strange or mysterious)
- არამიწიერი adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
German
2 entries- unheimlich adj (strange or mysterious)
- überirdisch adj (preternatural or supernatural)
Greek
2 entries- αλλόκοτος adj (strange or mysterious)
- υπερφυσικός adj (preternatural or supernatural)
Polish
4 entries- nadprzyrodzony adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- nie z tego świata adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- niepojęty adj (strange or mysterious)
- niepojęty adj (ideal beyond the mundane)
Portuguese
3 entries- bizarro adj (strange or mysterious)
- estranho adj (strange or mysterious)
- sobrenatural adj (preternatural or supernatural)
Russian
3 entries- неземной adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- неземной adj (preternatural or supernatural)
- сверхъесте́ственный adj (preternatural or supernatural)
Swedish
4 entries- himmelsk adj (ideal beyond the mundane)
- mystisk adj (strange or mysterious)
- ojordisk adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
- överjordisk adj (ideal beyond the mundane)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неземний adj (not of the earth; non-terrestrial)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
She called me at an unearthly hour last night.
Source: tatoeba (313851)
The swoop of bats in the darkness over her was as the wings of unearthly creatures.
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The snow on Lulu Island seems eerie and unearthly.
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