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Unearthly   /ənˈərθli/   Listen
Unearthly

adjective
1.
Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul.  Synonym: spiritual.  "Spiritual fulfillment" , "Spiritual values" , "Unearthly love"
2.
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.  Synonyms: eldritch, uncanny, weird.  "The three weird sisters" , "Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures" , "An unearthly light" , "He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"






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"Unearthly" Quotes from Famous Books



... the men half rose, leveled a revolver full at the Colonel's broad back, and fired. But almost before he could take his flashing aim, an unearthly screech volleyed from the Potter twins, and from Beany's good left hand a cobble whizzed through the air, and struck the assassin's shoulder. It destroyed his aim. The bullet went wild, and before he could recover, the Colonel had ...
— The Boy Scouts on a Submarine • Captain John Blaine

... some rays of glory were falling on old Treffy's face as he lay on the bed. They seemed to Christie as if they came straight from the golden city, there was something so bright and so unearthly about them. And Christie fancied that Treffy smiled as he lay on the bed. It might be fancy, but he liked to think it ...
— Christie's Old Organ - Or, "Home, Sweet Home" • Mrs. O. F. Walton

... dissuade her. She had once befriended some adepts, who, in return, had taught her things about the soul she had better have left unlearned. At various times while with her I had seen strange things happen, but I never realized what unearthly powers were in her until that night in Paris. We were returning from a drive in the Bois; it was about ten o'clock, and the city lay beautiful around us as Paris looks on a perfect summer's night. Suddenly my sister gave a cry of pain and put her hand to her ...
— Masterpieces of Mystery - Riddle Stories • Various

... stillness rose the ghostly sound Of Robin's hunting horn that through the ground Rang thin and high, unearthly-shrill and clear, That thrilled the shivering woodland far and near, And shuddering to silence, left behind A whisper as of leaves in stealthy wind. A rustling 'mid the underbrush they heard Where, in the gloom about them, dim things stirred— Vague, ...
— The Geste of Duke Jocelyn • Jeffery Farnol

... The unearthly sound was repeated, and the next moment a spectral shape, in flowing white garments, rushed through the great window, and crossed the hall, followed by three other shapes in dark loose robes, with hooded heads. One carried a rope, another a pickaxe, the third ...
— London Pride - Or When the World Was Younger • M. E. Braddon


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