unearthly
Beyond normal existence
Unearthly describes something that seems not of this world—strange, supernatural, or eerily otherworldly: an unearthly glow, an unearthly silence.
The word often suggests something unsettling or beyond normal experience.
It also means unreasonably extreme: We had to wake at an unearthly hour to catch the flight.
Resembling a specter
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
haunted · spectral · occult · paranormal · séance · exorcism · wraith · banshee
Causing fear or cold
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
spooky · uncanny · ominous · eldritch · foreboding · dreadful · nightmarish · unsettling
Deeply religious in character
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- holyDedicated to the divine
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
- angelicDivinely pure and good
beatific · blessed · celestial · ethereal · transcendent · seraphic · cherubic · sanctified
Being from outer space
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
martian · abduction · xenomorph · astral · intergalactic · nebula · wormhole · spacetime
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
perplexing · unfathomable · baffling · puzzling · esoteric · mystifying · unknowable · impenetrable
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
apparition · haunted · spectral · occult · paranormal · séance · exorcism · wraith · banshee · revenant
chilling
Causing fear or cold
sinister · spooky · uncanny · ominous · eldritch · foreboding · dreadful · nightmarish · unsettling · disturbing
godly
Deeply religious in character
angelic · beatific · blessed · celestial · ethereal · transcendent · seraphic · cherubic · sanctified · sublime
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
spacecraft · martian · abduction · xenomorph · astral · intergalactic · nebula · wormhole · spacetime · exoplanet
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
inexplicable · perplexing · unfathomable · baffling · puzzling · esoteric · mystifying · unknowable · impenetrable · obscure
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
- strangenessodd, weird, strange, bizarre, peculiar
- scary feelingsterrified, frightening, dreadful, creepiness, goosebumps
unearthlyordinary
Standard, unremarkable
normal · everyday · commonplace · typical · familiar
unearthlynatural
Not artificially produced
normal · explainable · rational · reasonable · explicable