Phantasmal vs Unearthly - What's the difference?
phantasmal | unearthly | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
Eerie or frightening.
Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
Not of the earth; non-terrestrial.
* 2012 , Charles Lockwood, Tragedy at Honda , page 65
Preternatural or supernatural.
* 2011 , Steven Saylor, Roma: The Epic Novel of Ancient Rome
Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
* 1819 [publ. Sep 1858], James Morton, "The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden, with Memoirs of his Life", The Calcutta Review , volume 31, page 25
Ideal beyond the mundane.
* 2000 , Aileen Ribeiro, The Gallery of Fashion , page 42
Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
* 1927 , The Walther League Messenger , volume 36, page 225
Phantasmal is a related term of unearthly.
As adjectives the difference between phantasmal and unearthly
is that phantasmal is of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms while unearthly is not of the earth; non-terrestrial.phantasmal
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Alternative forms
* fantasmalAdjective
(en adjective)unearthly
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Adjective
(en adjective)- In the hard glare of the Searchlight, which had been manned by Seaman 2nd class Evans W. Watkins, the rock had the unearthly look of a miniature satellite in space.
- As a fourth finger snapped, Cacus gave an unearthly scream and relented.
- I then set out to survey the town in the self-same palankeen. The houses had all of them an unearthly appearance, by no means consonant to our ideas of Oriental splendor.
- By the late sixteenth century Elizabeth had become the icon-like Virgin Queen of legend, an image created, to a large extent, by her extraordinary, unearthly costume and appearance.
- I see my boys all wearing the same unearthly trousers, the same hair cuts, garish ties and sweaters, all rolling their socks and entertaining the same crazy notions about everything.
