unearthly
/ʌnˈɝθ.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not of the earth; nonterrestrial.
adj
adj
Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
Example Sentences
- "They were, I now saw, the most unearthly creatures it is possible to conceive."
- "In the hard glare of the Searchlight, which had been manned by Seaman 2nd class Evans W. Watkins, the rock had the unearthly look of a miniature satellite in space."
- "I believe that we are the last human beings who will ever see that unearthly sight."
- "As a fourth finger snapped, Cacus gave an unearthly scream and relented."
- "I then set out to survey the town in the self-same palankeen. The houses had all of them an unearthly appearance, by no means consonant to our ideas of Oriental splendor."
- "By the late sixteenth century Elizabeth had become the icon-like Virgin Queen of legend, an image created, to a large extent, by her extraordinary, unearthly costume and appearance."
Etymology
From un- + earthly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌnˈɝθ.li/
- British English: /ʌnˈɜːθ.li/