unhallowed

adjective

Definition of unhallowednext
as in unconsecrated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhallowed
  1. unconsecrated
  2. unholy
  3. pagan
  4. ungodly
Adjective
  • Her fiancé killed himself out of grief and was buried nearby on unconsecrated ground.
    Joe Kloc, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • For a person that was—was supposed to be baptized, they’re not supposed to put into unconsecrated ground.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
Definition of unconsecrated
Adjective
  • Art and commerce are unholy bedfellows, and nowhere more so than in the music industry — never a savory business, not in the mob days and not now.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
  • An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of unholy
Adjective
  • Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • Each checkpoint starts and ends in the middle of the ocean on the Sinister, which means an ungodly amount of swimming.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The dreadful inscribing machine and its ungodly purpose are described in meticulous detail—their spectacular efficiency and even more spectacular collapse.
    Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Definition of ungodly
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