Meaning & Definition of Unearthly in English

1. Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

• "A spiritual approach to life"

• "Spiritual fulfillment"

• "Spiritual values"

• "Unearthly love"

2. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

• "An eldritch screech"

• "The three weird sisters"

• "Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- john galsworthy

• "An unearthly light"

• "He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- henry kingsley