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unearthly

adjective

un·​earth·​ly ˌən-ˈərth-lē How to pronounce unearthly (audio)
: not earthly: such as
a
: not mundane : ideal
unearthly love
b
: not terrestrial
unearthly radio sources
c
: preternatural, supernatural
an unearthly light
d
: weird, eerie
unearthly howls
e
: absurd, ungodly
gets up at an unearthly hour
unearthliness noun

Example Sentences

We left at the unearthly time of 5:00 a.m. an unearthly knack for picking winning lottery numbers
Recent Examples on the Web Set on a remote ranch in the picturesque California desert town of Agua Dulce, the film centers on siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood (Kaluuya and Palmer), Hollywood horse trainers who experience an unearthly visitation. Michael O'sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022 Set on a remote ranch in the picturesque California desert town of Agua Dulce, the film centers on siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood (Kaluuya and Palmer), Hollywood horse trainers who experience an unearthly visitation. Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 To see the blossoms amid the mist was to glimpse a rare, almost unearthly moment, beyond what might rightfully be expected of any morning, day or season. Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2022 Once deposited on either body, a vehicle would have to contend with unearthly extremes in temperature. Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022 Its unearthly qualities are represented in part by the spaceman of Miranda’s comic. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022 After dusk, the neon signs blazing above the live-music venues overpower the streetlights, painting an unearthly glow on the mostly white tourists and local revelers who line up in their leather boots to hear the city's next big thing. Travis Levius, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2021 Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to an unearthly figure with blood dripping down its fangs. Baland Jalal, Scientific American, 15 July 2020 But instead of being terrorized by these flashing images of young women in iron restraints being brought to makeshift pyres, Veronica draws some unearthly strength from them. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unearthly was in 1611

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