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Synonyms & Antonyms of unearthly
1
being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature
- an unearthly knack for picking winning lottery numbers
Synonyms for unearthly
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- 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
- aberrant,
- atypical,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- flaky,
- freak,
- freakish,
- idiosyncratic,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- prodigious,
- rare,
- singular,
- uncommon,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- unusual,
- unwonted
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2
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
- an unearthly wail came from out of the darkness
Synonyms for unearthly
Words Related to unearthly
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- inscrutable,
- mysterious,
- puzzling
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3
of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe
- unearthly messages that she believed were coming from her deceased father
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“Unearthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unearthly. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of unearthly was in 1611
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