Unholy
adjective
Something that is very bad or evil.
They revealed an unholy plot to overthrow the government.
adjective
Not related or suitable to holy things, people, or places.
The unholy rituals were an affront to the church.
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Religious
adjective
Extremely large or extreme, in a way that is shocking or difficult to believe.
The project was an unholy mess with massive cost overruns.
adjective
Something that is very bad or evil.
They revealed an unholy plot to overthrow the government.
adjective
Not related or suitable to holy things, people, or places.
The unholy rituals were an affront to the church.
Usage tips
Religious
adjective
Extremely large or extreme, in a way that is shocking or difficult to believe.
The project was an unholy mess with massive cost overruns.
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unholy often carries negative moral judgment and condemnation.
His actions were considered unholy by the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Using 'unholy' adds strong emphasis to the negative quality of something.
Their collaboration produced an unholy result that shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Tone
Sometimes used hyperbolically to describe a very chaotic or disorderly situation.
The family dinner turned into an unholy chaos.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unholy often carries negative moral judgment and condemnation.
His actions were considered unholy by the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Using 'unholy' adds strong emphasis to the negative quality of something.
Their collaboration produced an unholy result that shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Tone
Sometimes used hyperbolically to describe a very chaotic or disorderly situation.
The family dinner turned into an unholy chaos.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unholy often carries negative moral judgment and condemnation.
His actions were considered unholy by the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Using 'unholy' adds strong emphasis to the negative quality of something.
Their collaboration produced an unholy result that shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Tone
Sometimes used hyperbolically to describe a very chaotic or disorderly situation.
The family dinner turned into an unholy chaos.
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
sections of gorgeous light and beautiful, beautiful tranquility, punctuated by moments of unholy chaos that are known as rapids. And it's inside of those rapids that some of the real sort of savagery
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Vampires: Folklore,...
but usually included beheadings, burnings, and staking the body to the coffin to prevent it from getting up. Grizzly stuff! But what the villagers interpreted as unholy reanimation
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Sting: How I started...
But her mind is awhirl When she finds the tomb empty Straw had been rolled Not a sign of a corpse In the dark and the cold When she reaches the door Sees an unholy sight
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
sections of gorgeous light and beautiful, beautiful tranquility, punctuated by moments of unholy chaos that are known as rapids. And it's inside of those rapids that some of the real sort of savagery
Video examples
Vampires: Folklore,...
but usually included beheadings, burnings, and staking the body to the coffin to prevent it from getting up. Grizzly stuff! But what the villagers interpreted as unholy reanimation
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
But her mind is awhirl When she finds the tomb empty Straw had been rolled Not a sign of a corpse In the dark and the cold When she reaches the door Sees an unholy sight
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder.
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David Eddings
American Author
I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.
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Valerie Plame
American Writer
Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
Those who are not giving up their nefarious activities even in the holy month of Ramzan, should their activities not be called unholy?
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.
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Hilaire Belloc
English Poet
Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder.
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David Eddings
American Author
I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.
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Valerie Plame
American Writer
Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
Those who are not giving up their nefarious activities even in the holy month of Ramzan, should their activities not be called unholy?
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.
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Hilaire Belloc
English Poet
Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.
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