unearthly

Definition of unearthly in English English dictionary: Not of the earth; Preternatural or supernatural; Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious; Non-terrestrial; Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous; Ideal beyond the mundane; emphasis If you refer to a time as an unearthly hour, you are emphasizing that it is very early in the morning. They arranged to meet in Riverside Park at the unearthly hour of seven in the morning. = ungodly; {s} not appearing to be of this world, extraterrestrial, supernatural, mysterious; unreasonable, outrageous; You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural. For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly; suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley; An unearthly noise is unpleasant because it sounds frightening and unnatural. She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail; Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound; concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"; ultratelluric
unearthly hour: very early hour, very early time of the morning
unearth: To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose
to unearth a secret.
unearth: To dig up
unearth: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
unearth: If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about. Researchers have unearthed documents indicating her responsibility for the forced adoption of children = uncover
unearth: If you say that someone has unearthed something, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time. From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit = dig out
unearth: lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"
unearth: If someone unearths something that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground. Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old
unearth: {f} dig up, excavate; uncover, discover
unearth: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
unearth: To drive or draw from the earth
unearth: To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret
unearthliness: The characteristic of being unearthly; ethereal; otherworldly