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Pronunciation:
[ ʌnhˈə͡ʊli], [ ʌnhˈəʊli], [ ʌ_n_h_ˈəʊ_l_i]
Unholy is an adjective that refers to things that violate religious or moral beliefs. Some synonyms for unholy include profane, sacrilegious, impious, blasphemous, irreligious, godless, wicked, and sinful. The use of such words can convey a sense of moral outrage or indignation towards something that is considered to be morally wrong or offensive. For example, a person might describe an act of vandalism on a church as 'unholy and sacrilegious', or a protest against a religious institution as 'an impious and godless display'. The choice of synonym can depend on the context and the intended effect on the audience.
Related words: unholy, unholy alliance, unholy grail, unholy conquest, unholy truth
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Similar words for unholy:
- impious (adjective)
- irreligious (adjective)
- culpable (adjective)
- cursed (adjective)
- horrible (adjective)
- horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
- irreverent (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- profane (adjective)
- reprehensible (adjective)
- sacrilegious (adjective)
- uncivilized (adjective)
- unconscionable (adjective)
- unearthly (adjective)
- ungodly (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
Synonyms for Unholy:
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adj.
• impious- atheistic ,
- blasphemous ,
- desecrative ,
- fallen ,
- godless ,
- irreverent ,
- recusant ,
- un-hallowed ,
- un-regenerate ,
- unchristian ,
- undutiful ,
- unfaithful ,
- wayward ,
- Canting ,
- Defiling ,
- Desecrating ,
- apostate ,
- contrary ,
- deceitful ,
- disobedient ,
- disrespectful ,
- hardened ,
- hypocritical ,
- iconoclastic ,
- pietistical ,
- sanctimonious ,
- unctuous .
- Caught ,
- Impeachable ,
- answerable ,
- at fault ,
- dirty ,
- hung up ,
- liable ,
- off base ,
- punishable ,
- responsible ,
- smoking gun ,
- unholy .
- Star-crossed ,
- accursed ,
- bedeviled ,
- blessed ,
- blighted ,
- confounded ,
- excommunicate ,
- execrable ,
- fey ,
- ill-fated ,
- villainous .
- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- cruel ,
- detestable ,
- disagreeable ,
- eerie ,
- grim ,
- grisly ,
- gruesome ,
- hideous ,
- lousy ,
- lurid ,
- mean ,
- obnoxious ,
- scandalous ,
- scary ,
- shameful ,
- terrifying ,
- unkind .
- contemptuous ,
- crusty ,
- derisive ,
- flippant ,
- fresh ,
- impertinent ,
- impudent ,
- insolent ,
- mocking ,
- rude ,
- tongue-in-cheek .
- fierce ,
- grubby ,
- horrid ,
- icky ,
- malodorous ,
- mephitic ,
- murderous ,
- nauseating ,
- noisome ,
- noxious ,
- objectionable ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- ornery ,
- poison ,
- polluted ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- rough ,
- sickening ,
- soiled ,
- squalid ,
- stinking ,
- tough ,
- unappetizing ,
- uncleanly ,
- unpleasant ,
- vulgar .
- dis creditable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-creditable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- re prehensible ,
- re-prehensible ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest ,
- un-worthy .
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- ill bred ,
- mannerless ,
- more brutish ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- more mannerless ,
- most brutish ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- most mannerless ,
- un civilized ,
- un controlled ,
- un couth ,
- un cultivated ,
- un educated ,
- un mannered ,
- un polished ,
- un refined ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-controlled ,
- un-couth ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-educated ,
- un-mannered ,
- un-refined .
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- in-ordinate ,
- more amoral ,
- most amoral ,
- un conscionable ,
- un due ,
- un duest ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un just ,
- un juster ,
- un justest ,
- un principled ,
- un reasonable ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-conscionable ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-just ,
- un-juster ,
- un-justest ,
- un-principled ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-scrupulous .
- extra-ordinary ,
- hair raising ,
- hairraising ,
- hyper physical ,
- hyper-physical ,
- more demoniac ,
- more hyperphysical ,
- more phantom ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hyperphysical ,
- most phantom ,
- not of world ,
- not this world ,
- not world ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- super-human ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly .
Other synonyms:
- agnostic ,
- atheist ,
- heretic ,
- humanism ,
- rationalist ,
- secular ,
- unorthodox .
Other relevant words:
- Devoutless ,
- Indevout ,
- Irreligiously ,
- Unsaintly ,
- amiss ,
- appalling ,
- appallingly ,
- atrocious ,
- awful ,
- awfully ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- barbarous ,
- base ,
- beastly ,
- black ,
- blamable ,
- blame ,
- blamed ,
- blameful ,
- blameworthy ,
- blasted ,
- cacodemonic ,
- censurable ,
- corrupt ,
- criminal ,
- cruelty ,
- culpable ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- dark ,
- darned ,
- defiled ,
- demoniac ,
- demonic ,
- depraved ,
- depravity ,
- deuced ,
- devilish ,
- diabolic ,
- diabolical ,
- diabolically ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dishonest ,
- distasteful ,
- dreadful ,
- dreadfully ,
- enormity ,
- error ,
- everlasting ,
- evil ,
- evilly ,
- evilness ,
- evils ,
- fearful ,
- fiendishly ,
- filthy ,
- flagitious ,
- fleshly ,
- foul ,
- foully ,
- frightful ,
- ghastly ,
- ghoulish ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- godlessly ,
- graceless ,
- guilty ,
- heinous ,
- hellish ,
- hellishly ,
- horrendous ,
- horrible ,
- ill ,
- immorality ,
- immorally ,
- impiety ,
- impiously ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- impure ,
- infernal ,
- infernally ,
- infidel ,
- iniquitous ,
- iniquitously ,
- iniquity ,
- irreverential ,
- lay ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- malevolence ,
- malice ,
- malignity ,
- mephistophelean ,
- mephistophelian ,
- mercilessness ,
- mischief ,
- mischievous ,
- mischievously ,
- miscreant ,
- mundane ,
- nasty ,
- naughtily ,
- nefarious ,
- non-clerical ,
- non-kosher ,
- non-religious ,
- non-sacred ,
- nonreligious ,
- nonsacred ,
- offensive ,
- outrageous ,
- over-the-top ,
- perverse ,
- perversely ,
- perversity ,
- profanely ,
- profligate ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- repelling ,
- reprehensible ,
- reprobate ,
- revolting ,
- rigorous ,
- ruthlessness ,
- satanic ,
- satanically ,
- severe ,
- shocking ,
- sinfully ,
- sinister ,
- temporal ,
- terrible ,
- unblessed ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- unclean ,
- unconscionable ,
- unconsecrated ,
- undevout ,
- unearthly ,
- unhallowed ,
- unnatural ,
- unreasonable ,
- unregenerate ,
- unrighteous ,
- unsacred ,
- unsanctified ,
- unspiritual ,
- vicious ,
- viciously ,
- vile ,
- wicked ,
- wickedly ,
- wickedness ,
- worldly ,
- wrong ,
- wrongdoing ,
- wrongful ,
- wrongly ,
- yucky .
- Hyperphysical ,
- aweless ,
- blankety-blank ,
- brutish ,
- cast out ,
- caught in the act ,
- caught red-handed ,
- cursed ,
- demeritorious ,
- doggone ,
- extra ordinary ,
- flipper ,
- foredoomed ,
- found wanting ,
- hell fire ,
- ill-bred ,
- illbred ,
- impious ,
- in the wrong ,
- indictable ,
- irreligious ,
- morally wrong ,
- not of this world ,
- out of line ,
- out-of-line ,
- profanatory ,
- profane ,
- sacrilegious ,
- sickie ,
- sinful ,
- snakebit ,
- to blame ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- un-sanctified ,
- undecorous ,
- ungodly ,
- voodooed .
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How to use "Unholy" in context?
When we think of unholy, things like evil and inhumanity come to mind. But there's a lot more to unholy than just those extremes. In this article, we're going to explore the meaning of unholy and what it means to us as believers.
1. Unholy refers to anything repulsive or dirty.
One of the key aspects of unholy is that it is repulsive. When we think of things that are unholy, we often think of things that go against our senses.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
evil.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
despicable, disastrous, disgraceful, harmful, infamous, nefarious, ominous, pernicious, shameful, unclean, unfortunate, vile, wicked.
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Adjective
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