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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not hallowed or consecrated;
[syn: unholy, unhallowed]

2. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;
- Example: "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"
- Example: "fires lit up a diabolic scene"
- Example: "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"
- Example: "a fiendish despot"
- Example: "hellish torture"
- Example: "infernal instruments of war"
- Example: "satanic cruelty"
- Example: "unholy grimaces"
[syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]

3. having committed unrighteous acts;
- Example: "a sinful person"
[syn: sinful, unholy, wicked]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unholy
    adj 1: not hallowed or consecrated [syn: unholy, 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, unholy]
    3: having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn:
       sinful, unholy, wicked]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "unholy":
   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