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1 get up at an unearthly hour.
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2 unearthly
adjective1) (mysterious) unheimlich2) (coll.): (terrible)unearthly din — Höllenlärm, der (ugs.)
at an unearthly hour — in aller Herrgottsfrühe
* * *1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) übernatürlich2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) unmöglich* * *un·earth·ly[ʌnˈɜ:θli, AM -ˈɜ:rθ-]1. (eerie) gespenstisch\unearthly beauty übernatürliche Schönheit\unearthly noise/scream grässliches Geräusch/grässlicher Schreiat some [or an] \unearthly hour zu einer unchristlichen Zeit3. (not from the earth) nicht irdisch* * *[ʌn'ɜːɵlɪ]adj(= eerie) calm gespenstisch, unheimlich; scream schauerlich, unheimlich; beauty überirdisch; (inf = awful) sound, noise, racket schauerlich* * *unearthly adj1. überirdisch2. unirdisch, übernatürlich3. schauerlich, unheimlichat an unearthly hour zu einer unchristlichen Zeit* * *adjective1) (mysterious) unheimlich2) (coll.): (terrible)unearthly din — Höllenlärm, der (ugs.)
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3 unearthly
1) ( eerie) gespenstisch;\unearthly beauty übernatürliche Schönheit;\unearthly noise/ scream grässliches Geräusch/grässlicher Schrei;3) ( not from the earth) nicht irdisch
См. также в других словарях:
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