Unholy

Word UNHOLY
Character 6
Hyphenation un ho ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Unholy"

What do we mean by unholy?

Wicked; immoral. adjective

Not hallowed or consecrated. adjective

Outrageous. adjective

Not holy.

Impious; wicked.

Synonyms Unhallowed, unsanctified.

Profane, ungodly.

Pl. unholies (-liz). That which is unholy. noun

Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. adjective

Something that is evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. adjective

Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell adjective

Not hallowed or consecrated adjective

Having committed unrighteous acts adjective

Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

Dreadful, terrible, or otherwise atrocious.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unholy

The word "unholy" in example sentences

Makes for what I call the unholy trinity of Mammon which teaches that we are not our brother's keeper. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The joy is in unholy worship of a fetish, the pain that there is no joy also deference to a fetish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Daniel refused to participate in unholy things in his country and the king was so moved by him that he declared that only the one true God would be served. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The car was like lightning beneath the curve of his body, electricity and steam pumping in unholy unison to create a movement that was never meant for mortal men. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She looked up to see an expression of unholy glee on Rons face. ❋ Jan Burke (2008)

Many people, myself included, were raised on weekday suppers of calves 'liver and onions (I used to bathe mine in unholy gobs of ketchup), and in my experience, venison liver is the least-neglected organ meat among hunters. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Botha was highly critical of Mangope's move to call in the AVF, and he questioned the motives behind what he called their unholy alliance. ❋ Unknown (1997)

As no external privileges, or badge of discipleship, will shield the unholy from the wrath of God, so neither will the want of them shut out from the kingdom of heaven such as have experienced without them that change of heart which the seals of God's covenant were designed to mark. ❋ Unknown (1871)

It reflected a so-called unholy alliance between al Qaeda, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the Taliban in Pakistan, the last of which had become a major concern to Islamabad. ❋ JONATHAN ALTER (2010)

The entire episode is told through the eyes of the vampire as he struggles to recall his unholy mission. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the many books I have read on the subject, historians have been harsh in evaluating the claim of Spain that it colonized the New World, and particularly Mexico, in order to win souls for God, and the so-called unholy alliance of priest and soldier has often been ridiculed, especially by Protestant writers like my father, who heaped a good deal of scorn upon the Spanish rationalization. ❋ Michener, James (1992)

The resistance of the people of Singur and Nandigram has long been attempted to be delegitimized by attributing it to the so-called unholy alliance of the Trinamool Congress, Jamaat and the Maoists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Death from some kind of unholy curse on your manuscript. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun quartet gets tangled up in a similar kind of unholy aesthetic-moral knot. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Denver Post: Raising money an "unholy" quest in Colorado Senate races ❋ Unknown (2010)

So much so that when one suggests that this relationship is both unhealthy and "unholy" the faithful scream "off with their heads." ❋ Unknown (2010)

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What does unholy mean?

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