otherworldly
of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
Origin of otherworldly
1Other words from otherworldly
- oth·er·world·li·ness, noun
Words Nearby otherworldly
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How to use otherworldly in a sentence
More turned up later amid the otherworldly rock structures of Yehliu geopark, a popular tourist attraction that was once a shallow ocean ecosystem 20 million to 22 million years ago.
Giant worms may have burrowed into the ancient seafloor to ambush prey | Helen Thompson | January 22, 2021 | Science NewsRodgers could wait because of his otherworldly arm strength and sudden release.
All great QBs are linked with great receivers. Aaron Rodgers finally has his match in Davante Adams. | Adam Kilgore | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostThe music and words filled me with an almost otherworldly sense of peace and comfort.
Near the end of life, my hospice patient had a ghostly visitor who altered his view of the world | Scott Janssen | January 2, 2021 | Washington PostSabrina Spellman and the good people of Greendale face their most terrifying adversary yet as otherworldly beings seek to bring about the end of all things in the official trailer for the fourth and final season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Eldritch terrors come forth in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S4 trailer | Jennifer Ouellette | December 4, 2020 | Ars TechnicaThough “Twin Mirror” isn’t about the supernatural, it still has that Dontnod touch that brings in something strange and somewhat otherworldly.
‘Twin Mirror’ is a pale reflection of Dontnod’s previous, story-rich games | Elise Favis | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
Three films about British brains show the trouble of bringing otherworldly intelligence to the big screen.
The history of horrors in the North Caucasus is so extraordinary and so long as to seem almost otherworldly.
Where Chechens Go to Escape Their Surreal Past—and Risky Present | Anna Nemtsova | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDriving from the Denver airport to Wyoming, I encountered an almost-otherworldly whiteout of a blizzard.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLater that night, this low-key man went out on stage with otherworldly energy.
The ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ plays an otherworldly being who lures men to a dark room with the promise of kiss kiss bang bang.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’ | Jimmy So | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet it does not wrap its initiates in a selfish and otherworldly calm, isolate them from the pain and effort of the common life.
Practical Mysticism | Evelyn UnderhillIt made the otherworldly part of one who also was a merry gossip among his fellows.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorThe spirit is your ideal, the unattained, the otherworldly; spirit is the name of your—god, "God is spirit."
The Ego and His Own | Max StirnerHe is, however, in part an otiose deity and can hardly be said to rule over this otherworldly realm.
Introduction to the History of Religions | Crawford Howell Toy
British Dictionary definitions for otherworldly
/ (ˌʌðəˈwɜːldlɪ) /
of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
impractical or unworldly
Derived forms of otherworldly
- otherworldliness, noun
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