unholy

Meaning

Adjective

• Not holy; evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
• Dreadful, terrible, or otherwise atrocious.

Related

Opposite words

• holy

Origin

• From Middle English unholi, unhaliȝ, from Old English unhāliġ, from Proto-Germanic *unhailagaz, equivalent to un- + holy. Cognate with Scots unhaly, Dutch onheilig, German Low German unhillig, German unheilig, Danish uhellig, Swedish ohelig.