'unholy' definitions:
Definition of 'unholy'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not hallowed or consecrated [syn: unholy, unhallowed] [ant: holy]
adjective
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, unholy]
adjective
Definition of 'unholy'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'unholy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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