unearthly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
    spiritual.
    • a spiritual approach to life
    • spiritual fulfillment
    • spiritual values
    • unearthly love
  2. adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
    weird; eldritch; uncanny.
    • 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

WordNet


Un*earth"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness n.

Webster 1913