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Unholy meaning

  1. Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
  2. Dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious.

Using Unholy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. | Dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious.
  • Useful related words include: unhallowed, sinful, evil, satanic.
  • In the example corpus, unholy often appears in combinations such as: the unholy, an unholy, unholy alliance.

Context around Unholy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Unholy

  • In this selection, "unholy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, singing, hit, performed, alliance, assassin and love stand out and add context to how "unholy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all his unholy adventures and and become an unholy assassin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unholy" sits close to words such as abdallah, accrue and adheres, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unholy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Prepare for another holy (or unholy) adventure! (7 words)

Find out the best gear for Ulduar for Unholy Death Knight in WoW Wrath Classic. (15 words)

If you become an Unholy Assassin, you will get a few special items for your inventory. (16 words)

It’s also believed that those wearing the Unholy Ones patch on their vests are members who are used like hitmen, are experts in getting people to talk (you know, with violence), and won’t hesitate to kill when the club needs it. (43 words)

There can be unholy love, which is self-indulgence; there can be unholy self-definition, which instead of guarding integrity is merely a setting of the self against the world, an expression of unaccountable, amoral power. (36 words)

I don't like his unholy alliance with the american automotive industry that means we no longer get kei cars and sacrificed American's access to reasonably sized vehicles in favor of protectionist economics. (34 words)

Amorth kept a diary of all his unholy adventures, and who wouldn’t want another story with this Vespa loving exorcist? (21 words)

And the funniest thing is this: Farhad Moshiri, the man whose imprudent spending landed us in this unholy mess, is an accountant – an accountant! (24 words)

Prepare for another holy (or unholy) adventure! (7 words)

Example sentences (20)

There can be unholy love, which is self-indulgence; there can be unholy self-definition, which instead of guarding integrity is merely a setting of the self against the world, an expression of unaccountable, amoral power.

Amorth kept a diary of all his unholy adventures, and who wouldn’t want another story with this Vespa loving exorcist?

And the funniest thing is this: Farhad Moshiri, the man whose imprudent spending landed us in this unholy mess, is an accountant – an accountant!

But he repeatedly referred to Smith as 'he' despite the fact that the 'Unholy' singer identifies as non-binary and has asked people to use the pronouns 'they/them' when being addressed.

Find out the best gear for Ulduar for Unholy Death Knight in WoW Wrath Classic.

Hampton Court Palace rocked by unholy row as priest goes off sick after 'pushing a female steward out of the.

I don't like his unholy alliance with the american automotive industry that means we no longer get kei cars and sacrificed American's access to reasonably sized vehicles in favor of protectionist economics.

If this morbid thought lingered, then Sam Smith singing “Unholy” bathed in a sea of red light with fires in the background and dressed as Lucifer in platform boots checked it.

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If you become an Unholy Assassin, you will get a few special items for your inventory.

It’s also believed that those wearing the Unholy Ones patch on their vests are members who are used like hitmen, are experts in getting people to talk (you know, with violence), and won’t hesitate to kill when the club needs it.

Prepare for another holy (or unholy) adventure!

Sam has been nominated for two awards – Best British Single and Best Pop/R&B Act – and will perform their recent hit Unholy during the show next month.

Smith and transgender artist Kim Petras performed "Unholy" -- and won Grammy gold -- in controversial red, devilish costumes.

The 31-year-old Unholy hitmaker has taken to with a video strutting their stuff in some knee-length green heels.

The Yoruba elders who warned the man called Jagaban, not to venture into the unholy political matrimony with the feudal lords can only wait and see what happens next.

This truth has come to light today itself,” Banerjee told her party workers, blaming an “unholy alliance of Congress-CPI(M) and BJP” for the Sagardighi defeat.

Turn the Unholy allows them to ward off Undead and Fiends by making them afraid of the Paladin.

Valeria is in this room, and Sarevok tells the party to kill her as the final test to become an Unholy Assassin.

Wrestling, in that sense, is one among the many federations caught in the unholy web of sports and politics.

As they leave, Margaret observes an unholy creature, a jackal-like demon perishing in the blaze — the Satanic demon that impregnated Margaret.

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Common combinations with unholy

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "unholy" in a sentence?
An example: "There can be unholy love, which is self-indulgence; there can be unholy self-definition, which instead of guarding integrity is merely a setting of the self against the world, an expression of unaccountable, amoral power." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "unholy" from authentic English texts.
What does "unholy" mean?
Unholy means: Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
What are synonyms of "unholy"?
Common synonyms of "unholy" include: unhallowed, sinful, evil, satanic, infernal, hellish, fiendish, diabolical. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "unholy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "unholy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.