unholy

Examples

• All

• My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.

  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• I had to write about this unholy place, where Christ had been forgotten in a pawnshop, and the Devil thrived in a casino.

  The Great Sinner (1949)

• We cannot stand in unholy places.

  Bunker (2023)

• This path will lead you to an unholy place.

  Army of Darkness (1992)

• The fortified wall keeps the unholy out and the holy inside.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Souls risen from an unjust death and an unholy burial.

  Slice (2018)

• Unholy ground.

  Demon Slayer (2003)

• A holy city, a new Jerusalem contrasted with the unholy city of Babylon.

  Blog text (22)

• If we do not change, we have trampled the Son of God underfoot, treating His blood as an unholy thing, thus insulting the Spirit of grace.

  Blog text (15)

• The villagers spoke in hushed tones about the unholy rituals performed in the forest.

Synonyms

U

unclean

vsunholy

• Literature

28 5.5

Not pure according to religious or ceremonial rules

is the lack of sacred status rather than ritual impurity or dirtiness

U

ungodly

vsunholy

21 7.2

Morally wrong because it goes against religious rules

is simply not holy rather than morally sinful or wicked

B

blasphemous

vsunholy

• Offensive

20 8.4

Showing disrespect for things people consider holy

is the simple lack of being holy rather than offensive language or acts

S

sacrilegious

vsunholy

12 9.0

Showing great disrespect to things people consider sacred

is the neutral absence of sacred status rather than active disrespect

I

impious

vsunholy

• Formal

3 9.6

Not showing respect for God or sacred things

is the state of not being sacred rather than moral disrespect toward deity

P

profane

vsunholy

2 6.3

Not related to religion, like everyday life or art

is about lack of holiness rather than general secular character

U

unconsecrated

vsunholy

1 9.0

Not made holy or set aside for religious use

focuses on being not regarded as holy rather than formal dedication

U

unsanctified

vsunholy

1 8.9

Not made holy in a religious ceremony

refers to not being regarded as holy or sacred

U

unhallowed

vsunholy

• Literature

1 9.9

A thing not made holy or blessed

is the adjective for things not regarded as sacred

N

nonsacred

vsunholy

6.1

Not holy or used in religious ceremonies

is similar but stresses absence of consecration or sacred status

P

profaned

vsunholy

8.1

A place or object treated with disrespect so it no longer seems sacred

is the neutral condition of not being holy rather than a disrespectful act

Antonyms

H

holy

951 2.7

Connected to a god or religion and seen as special and pure

S

sacred

250 4.6

Connected to religion and treated with great respect

How Holy

holy

951 2.7

unholy

8 6.1

profane

• NSFW

14 7.7

desecrated

8.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology