UNHOLY
\ʌnhˈə͡ʊli], \ʌnhˈəʊli], \ʌ_n_h_ˈəʊ_l_i]\
Definitions of UNHOLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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"
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not hallowed or consecrated
By Princeton University
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Not sacred; unhallowed; profane; wicked.
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Unholily.
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Unholiness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Unholiness.
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Not hallowed.
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Lacking moral purity.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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