unholy

[ uhn-hoh-lee ]

/ ʌnˈhoʊ li /

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adjective, un·ho·li·er, un·ho·li·est.

not holy; not sacred or hallowed.

impious; sinful; wicked.

Informal. dreadful; ungodly: They got us out of bed at the unholy hour of three in the morning.

Origin of unholy

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unhālig (cognate with Dutch onheilig, Old Norse ūheilagr). See un-¹, holy

OTHER WORDS FROM unholy

un·ho·li·ness, noun

Words nearby unholy

unhindered, unhinge, unhinged, unhip, unhitch, unholy, unhood, unhook, unhoped, unhoped-for, unhorse

Example sentences from the Web for unholy

ISIS had summoned him from the Talesh area in the Guilan province north of Tehran, to perform the unholy duty.

Iran Says It’s Under Attack by ISIS |Jassem Al Salami |October 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This unholy marriage of faux country and pseudo hip-hop is literally the worst of both worlds.

You Can't Unsee Billy Ray Cyrus’s Pseudo Hip Hop ‘Achy Breaky 2’ |Amy Zimmerman |February 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For lack of a better term, it was an animal-hostage video, an unholy new mash-up of internet genres.

The Taliban Trolled the Internet with a Dog Video and Upstaged an American POW |Brian Van Reet |February 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To be sure, there is more than enough reality to make the pursuit of peace hit any number of walls, both holy and unholy ones.

Daniel Gordis Has It Backwards |Mark Baker |December 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Where we had once stood spellbound by the sight of the burning towers, we now listened to the unholy roar of the wind.

New York City’s Sandy Disaster: A Meteorological 9/11? |Michael Daly |October 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He revealed the unholy ideals of all that band of scoundrels—ideals that he said should find fruition under his captaincy.

Romance |Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
When will a judgment descend on this unholy land, for the monstrous sins by which it is now daily polluted.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland |Various
The sorcerer is outlawed, and betakes himself to the secret performance of unholy rites in dark and unwholesome circumstances.

The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions |Carveth Read
In return they expressed their unholy delight in the certainty of our destruction by the enemy.

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce |Ambrose Bierce
Thus self-renunciation is common to the holy with the unholy, to the pure and the impure.

The Ego and His Own |Max Stirner

British Dictionary definitions for unholy

unholy

/ (ʌnˈhəʊlɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

not holy or sacred

immoral or depraved

informal outrageous or unnatural an unholy alliance

Derived forms of unholy

unholiness, noun

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unholy

adjective, un·ho·li·er, un·ho·li·est.

Origin of unholy

OTHER WORDS FROM unholy

Words nearby unholy

Example sentences from the Web for unholy

British Dictionary definitions for unholy

adjective -lier or -liest

Derived forms of unholy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

unholy

adjective, un·ho·li·er, un·ho·li·est.

Origin of unholy

OTHER WORDS FROM unholy

Words nearby unholy

Words related to unholy

Example sentences from the Web for unholy

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adjective -lier or -liest

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