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unholier

unholier is the comparative form of unholy.

Meaning of unholy

Adjective

unholy (comparative unholier or more unholy, superlative unholiest or most unholy)

  1. Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
    • The priest's unholy behaviour brought the church into disrepute.
    Synonyms:
    mishallowed, profane
  2. Dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious.
    • What an unholy mess your room is in!

Questions about unholier

What is unholier the comparative form of?
Unholier is the comparative form of unholy.

Words near unholier in the dictionary

  1. unholed
  2. unholes
  3. unholesome
  4. unholiday
  5. unholidays
  6. unholier
  7. unholiest
  8. unholily
  9. unholiness
  10. unholinesses
  11. unholing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unholier (page history and authors); unholy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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