unholy

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Recent Examples of unholy Listen to this article An NYPD chaplain had an unholy hookup, according to police. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025 The company would, of course, open its coffers to spend an unholy amount of money on a Bond project. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025 This unholy morass of statutes, regulations, and court rulings creates confusion and uncertainty for tens of millions of student borrowers. Preston Cooper, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 For a while, the march of communism and the rise of the movies proceeded independently, but the paths later converged -- an unholy alliance. Peter Tonguette, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unholy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unholy
Adjective
  • The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Mainly because soul tie enthusiasts don’t do a good job delineating the difference between godly and ungodly connections.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The plan is to engineer it for an ungodly output of 1,500 hp, while keeping its weight just under 1,543 lb (700 kg).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a saying in Spain that comparisons are odious, and Real Madrid and Barcelona’s are becoming more so every week.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • But for all the talk of their odious policies and harmful rhetoric, one thing has really stood out.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
  • As de Kort tells Live Science, these treasures were buried in several deposits that might have constituted offerings to a pagan god—possibly Wodan, the Germanic persona of the Norse god Odin.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Thune also often praises wind energy—a booming industry in his home state—even though Trump considers turbines loathsome eyesores.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In a sweet twist of irony, the series’ third episode harps on the loathsome concept of the studio note — and the oners allowed Rogen to dodge Apple’s feedback almost entirely.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The piece was dubbed blasphemous by many Muslims and has been banned in Iran since 1988.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These were disgusting, irresponsible comments by someone who is charged with overseeing public health for hundreds of millions of people.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Do not tell the patient disgusting hospital stories about your own operations or procedures.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2019
  • Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019

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“Unholy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unholy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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