unholy
Adjective
- Not sacred; impious or morally bad.
- not hallowed or consecrated
Adjective Satellite
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- "unholy grimaces"
- having committed unrighteous acts
Adj
- Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
- Dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious.
Examples
- I've been spending an unholy amount of time trying to write a novel!
- The priest's unholy behaviour brought the church into disrepute.
- The UNHOLY number of vowels on his rack made it impossible to form any decent words.
- What an unholy mess your room is in!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English unholi, unhaliȝ, from Old English unhāliġ, from Proto-Germanic *unhailagaz, equivalent to un- + holy. Cognate with Scots unhaly, Dutch onheilig, German Low German unhillig, German unheilig, Danish uhellig, Swedish ohelig.
Synonyms
demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, sinful, unhallowed, wicked
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
unholy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunholy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unholy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary