unholy adj

1 not hallowed or consecrated [syn: unhallowed] [ant: holy]

2 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]

3 having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn: sinful, wicked] [also: unholiest, unholier]

English

Adjective

1. Something that is evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

Antonyms

• holy

Translations

• Finnish: epäpyhä
• Telugu: అపవిత్రమైన (apavitramaina), అపవిత్ర (apavitra)

Unholy may refer to:

• Unholy (album), an album by the British alternative rock musician Martin Grech.
• Unholy (band), a Finnish doom metal group.
• Unholy (2007 film), a 2007 film starring Adrienne Barbeau about Nazi mysticism
• Unholy (song), a 1992 song by the American rock group, KISS.
• Unholy (Brainstorm album), an album by the German power metal group Brainstorm.
• Unholy (Overkill album), an album by the American thrash metal group Overkill.
• Unholy Records, a record label

See also:

• Unholy Alliance
• Unholy Trinity

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