unholy

Definition of unholynext

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Recent Examples of unholy That unholy alliance, which is an unlikely alliance, is anchored first and foremost to the loathing of Western civilization. Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025 That means a huge payday for the shaman and his team, but no amount of money is worth the unholy hell unleashed. Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025 But who doubts that money has an unholy influence on our elections? Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025 But as he is penned in place at his desk, Lamb turns to his one reliable weapon, his unholy flatulence, to hatch an escape plan. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unholy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unholy
Adjective
  • Malik Nabers is sidelined for the remainder of the season, Darius Slayton missed the last couple of weeks with a hamstring injury (although he is slated to return for Week 8), and the Giants' depth at the position is abominable.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Raiders have had three regimes pay really good money for three consecutive veteran quarterbacks who have been abominable.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Who would dare argue against the ungodly devastation Jews experienced?
    Sahar Mustafah August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There are several other unfortunate factors in this ungodly situation.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And much of the international order is an attempt to avert messes, even by letting odious and illegitimate governments stay in power, because messes can be odious too.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
  • First having hosted in the far off era of 2011, the Bridesmaid actress’ 2017 appearance cemented her legacy in political comedy as then-odious White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the course of that months-long reporting, a picture has emerged of the radical characters involved with the property, including a notorious neo-Nazi family and a pagan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The History of Hanukkah More than 2,000 years ago, Antiochus, a cruel ruler of the Greek Kingdom, imposed pagan beliefs on the Jewish people.
    Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 14 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The statement infuriated some members of the LGBTQ+ community — a sizable segment of her fan base — for whom Kirk was a loathsome and dangerous figure.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • That seems like a blasphemous question, but the Lakers were outscored all season a year ago with James on the floor.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Stowe is known mainly for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel profoundly informed by her Christian nationalist belief that the United States was failing in its mission to become a New Canaan, precisely because of the blasphemous practice of slavery.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By modern standards, kind of disgusting.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But stepping into that closet was really disgusting.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • My dad was raised Methodist and comes from a very devout Methodist family — I was baptized twice because both of them thought the other thing was heathen.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019

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“Unholy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unholy. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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