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unholy \un*ho"ly\ ([u^]n*h[=o]"l[y^]), a. Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- un*ho"li*ly, adv. -- un*ho"li*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "unholy": amiss, barbarous, blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, fleshly, godless, guilty, impious, irreligious, irreverent, mundane, nonsacred, profane, reprehensible, reprobate, secular, sinful, temporal, un-Christly, unangelic, unblessed, unchristian, uncivilized, unconscionable, ungodly, unhallowed, unregenerate, unrighteous, unsacred, unsaintly, unsanctified, wicked, worldly

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

unholy adj
1: not hallowed or consecrated [syn: unhallowed] [ant: holy]
2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic]
3: having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn: sinful, wicked] [also: unholiest, unholier]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Unholy \Un*ho"ly\, a. Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- Un*ho"li*ly, adv. -- Un*ho"li*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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