Meaning & use
Unholy
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Wicked or sinful; not sacred or consecrated; also used informally to intensify something as extreme or outrageous.
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The ancient text warned against performing unholy rituals in the temple.
The kids made an unholy mess of the kitchen while baking cookies.
A note on using this word
The informal intensifier sense, as in 'an unholy row' or 'unholy mess,' is especially common in British English.
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sinfulimpious
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