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Meanings of unearthly in anglès

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Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.

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Of strange or extraordinary character.

Sinònims
Examples for "weird"
Examples for "weird"
1
New technologies have always given us weird new ways to tell stories.
Wired
2
There is, of course, nothing new about our weird relationship with animals.
The Guardian
3
And, of course the weird things people come up with these days.
The South African
4
People say, 'It's so weird.' You wouldn't believe the attitude in America.
Love All The People
5
Then will you grant me my word, as I used it: 'weird'?
The Great Book of Amber
1
Its ability to change direction quickly and with driver confidence is uncanny.
The South African
2
Indeed, the uncanny valley has concerned the games industry for a while.
BBC
3
Lillian, with her uncanny sense for reading his mind, said, 'Go on.
Amagansett
4
His fans point to his uncanny ability to interpret feline body language.
The Guardian
5
The uncanny thing was the absence of movement in the Boche trenches.
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
1
The feeling of just being watched does not make this place eldritch.
The Guardian
2
It was amused, and gave voice to eldritch cackles which betokened mirth.
The Son of the Wolf
3
Hitherto his father had said nothing of that timely but eldritch yell.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
4
It vibrated minutely in eldritch dimensions, buffeted by the emanations from within.
Perdido Street Station
5
They drifted slowly and enigmatically, eldritch and eerie, ever encroaching, enveloping all.
Johannes cabal the necromancer

Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul.

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Usage of unearthly in anglès
1
The clouds in the west seemed to glow with an unearthly light.
The Life of John Clare
2
Was this depot the scene earlier this week for an unearthly encounter?
Ancient shores
3
The aisle between the unearthly trees widened, and the giants were fewer.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
4
From the interior of the little island came a most unearthly screaming.
Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
5
At the same moment a sharp, unearthly cry rung in my ear.
Old Jack
6
I marvelled at it, and at the unearthly radiance of her face.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
7
The peacefulness of it all under such unearthly beauty is almost disquieting.
A Wanderer in Venice
8
I shall probably keep going till some unearthly hour of the morning.
The Unbearable Bassington
9
Such unearthly yells and screeches the white men had never heard before.
The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay o...
10
There the unearthly jade light of the Visitor played through the trees.
Blood and Bone
11
At that moment a deep unearthly voice was heard inside the hut.
Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
12
The fairyland of Spenser is an unreal, but hardly an unearthly region.
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
13
There was something unearthly about it all, and I caught myself shuddering.
Can Such Things Be?
14
He gave a scream of fear, and an unearthly screech answered him.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
15
They maintained that it was an altogether unearthly hour to get up.
The Sport of the Gods
16
No matter where it went, it was pursued by this unearthly clatter.
The History of the Telephone
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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