unearthly

un·earth·ly

adjective \-lē\

Definition of UNEARTHLY

: not earthly: 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>

— un·earth·li·ness noun

Examples of UNEARTHLY

1. We left at the unearthly time of 5:00 a.m.
2. <an unearthly knack for picking winning lottery numbers>

First Known Use of UNEARTHLY

1611

Related to UNEARTHLY

Synonyms

magical, miraculous, phenomenal, preternatural, superhuman, supernormal, transcendent, transcendental, uncanny, supernatural

Antonyms

natural

Related Words

bizarre, curious, eerie (also eery), far-out, funny, grotesque, kinky, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outrageous, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild; baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, shocking; aberrant, atypical, fantastic (also fantastical), flaky, freak, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous (or marvellous), prodigious, rare, singular, uncommon, unique, unnatural, unusual, unwonted; unconventional, uncustomary, unorthodox; conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

Near Antonyms

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday; expected, familiar, predictable; common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted