as in supernatural
of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe
a movie in which otherworldly beings live among us in a parallel universe
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Recent Examples of otherworldly
The trailer shows Odysseus getting shipwrecked and leading his army against otherworldly foes.
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Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Within weeks, the Hubble Space Telescope had spotted the otherworldly object and photographed the glowing coma of gas surrounding the comet’s body.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
As the Soltari enforcer Arjun Devraj, the player must battle through weird otherworldly horrors on a colony planet where things have gone wrong as the ominous eclipse above teases a bigger threat.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
In 2026, gaming's presence in the beauty industry will grow, with new brands and launches pushing texture and pigment into otherworldly, multidimensional realms.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 6 Dec. 2025
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Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Within weeks, the Hubble Space Telescope had spotted the otherworldly object and photographed the glowing coma of gas surrounding the comet’s body.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
As the Soltari enforcer Arjun Devraj, the player must battle through weird otherworldly horrors on a colony planet where things have gone wrong as the ominous eclipse above teases a bigger threat.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
In 2026, gaming's presence in the beauty industry will grow, with new brands and launches pushing texture and pigment into otherworldly, multidimensional realms.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otherworldly
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Set in Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s, Stranger Things starts with a true-crime mystery that quickly turns supernatural.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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As the only historic hotel along the Texas Gulf Coast, Grand Galvez leans into its lore with regular tours recounting paranormal activities.—
Kelsey Ogletree,
Midwest Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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He’ll next be seen starring alongside Sonja O’Hara in the forthcoming paranormal crime thriller Stakeout, directed and written by Micah Khan (The Zombie Wedding), based on the short film.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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The study, published in the journal Biomolecules, found that participants who practiced transcendental meditation had lower expression of the genes associated with inflammation and aging.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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Also worth exploring, though, is the storied, surreal Hokuriku region, a transcendental fantasy away from Japan’s congested tourist epicenters.—
Malik Peay,
Them.,
15 Dec. 2025
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The Beatles’ mystical bond will come across in the movie, said Mescal.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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Their attempt to decipher Chtcheglov’s mystical phrase lasted 15 years.—
Andrew Holter,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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The real story is Latour’s encounter with the territory—transfigured, by Cather’s prose, into a metaphysical battleground and a sphinxlike witness.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sirāt‘s central themes are deeply rooted in both metaphysical allegory and contemporary societal critique.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Otherworldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otherworldly. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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