Unearthly vs Unworldly - What's the difference?
unearthly | unworldly | Related terms |
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
Of or relating to the spiritual as opposed to the material.
Unconcerned with secular matters.
Lacking sophistication.
As adjectives the difference between unearthly and unworldly
is that unearthly is not of the earth; non-terrestrial while unworldly is of or relating to the spiritual as opposed to the material.unearthly
English
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.