as in supernatural
of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe
a movie in which otherworldly beings live among us in a parallel universe
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Recent Examples of otherworldly
As for now, Dairen seems to be OK with the otherworldly visitor to his shop.
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado Home to the tallest sand dunes in North America, Great Sand Dunes National Park offers an otherworldly landscape.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
News to Know Aaron Judge cannot stop homering Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season yesterday, continuing another otherworldly year at the plate.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
The team crafted every single detail from scratch—right down to the otherworldly eyeballs, teeth, tongues, and fingernails.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado Home to the tallest sand dunes in North America, Great Sand Dunes National Park offers an otherworldly landscape.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
News to Know Aaron Judge cannot stop homering Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season yesterday, continuing another otherworldly year at the plate.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
The team crafted every single detail from scratch—right down to the otherworldly eyeballs, teeth, tongues, and fingernails.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otherworldly
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Making a film that’s exciting, that’s scary in moments and deals with supernatural — there’s a ghost haunting these ideas.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The venue's beloved mechanical bull, country music memorabilia, Bobby Mackey's stage costumes, a 2004 Ford Thunderbird, items related to the venue's paranormal folklore and more were sold in a public auction over the summer.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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The county noted that the place was even visited by paranormal investigators from SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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While few of us will be able to experience the transcendental taste of the Hibiki 40-year-old, one universal aspect of it is the artistry of the presentation.Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Finding that new way of working between music and film, or of film interacting with music can, when it’s done really, really well, almost be transcendental.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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Set in 1973, the film tells the story of a couple of musicians who accidentally record a mystical sound never before heard by human ears.Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Sandman follows Morpheus, lord of a mystical realm known as The Dreaming, who is the keeper of all of humanity’s dreams (and nightmares).Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Although the machines’ inventor is concerned with metaphysical questions—do intelligent robots disprove God’s existence?—his engineer son sees the potential for major profit and manufactures robots for sale around the world, with disastrous results.Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Her interest in mysteries and the occult began in the metaphysical section at her local Borders.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Otherworldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otherworldly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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