The meaning of Unworldly

adjective

Without guile or deception.

Usage examples:

An artless, naive girl

adjective

Simple and not wanting to deceive

Usage examples:

"why did you take the money?" she asked the child. "because i wanted it," came the artless reply.

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

Usage examples:

Earnest and callow undergraduates

adjective

Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment

Usage examples:

Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in paris.

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

Usage examples:

She speaks with a childlike directness

adjective

(of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

A childlike innocence/quality, all her life she had a childlike trust in other people.

adjective

Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.

Usage examples:

A ceremony staged for credulous tourists

adjective

Too willing to believe what you are told and so easily deceived

adjective

Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.

Usage examples:

Her ethereal beauty

adjective

Extremely light and delicate, as if not of this world

Usage examples:

Ethereal music, an ethereal beauty

adjective

Outside or beyond the physical world.

Usage examples:

As participants in communication we adopt as it were an extramundane position with respect to the i…

adjective

Of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.

Usage examples:

Searches for extraterrestrial intelligence

noun

A hypothetical or fictional being from outer space.

Usage examples:

Mars has long been considered not only difficult to explore but alluring, given its reputation as t…

adjective

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.

Usage examples:

A frightening, ghostly figure with a hood

adjective

Pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost

Usage examples:

A ghostly figure/apparition, a ghostly voice/echo

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.

Usage examples:

His face, once so open and guileless

adjective

Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Usage examples:

An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money

suffix

A connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

suffix

Forming the plural of nouns adopted from latin ending in -us.

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Foci

suffix

Forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the near or middle east.

Usage examples:

Azerbaijani

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

Usage examples:

An inexperienced driver

adjective

(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.

Usage examples:

He eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes

adjective

Honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly

Usage examples:

It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his lug…

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Usage examples:

Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

adjective

Relating to mystics or religious mysticism.

Usage examples:

The mystical theology of richard rolle

adjective

Relating to the belief that there is hidden meaning in life, or that each human being can unite with god

Usage examples:

A mystical religion, she joined a religious community after having a series of mystical visions., o…

adjective

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Usage examples:

The rather naive young man had been totally misled

adjective

Too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience

Usage examples:

It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity.

Usage examples:

The strange, numinous beauty of this ancient landmark

adjective

Having a deep spiritual (= religious) quality or connection

Usage examples:

The numinous mysteries of mozart, schumann, and mahler

adjective

Denoting events or phenomena such as telekinesis or clairvoyance that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.

Usage examples:

A mystic who can prove he has paranormal powers

adjective

Impossible to explain by known natural forces or by science

Usage examples:

Paranormal powers/events/forces, this book is about people who claim to have paranormal abilities s…

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

A phantom who haunts lonely roads

noun

Something that appears or seems to exist but is not real or is imagined

adjective

Beyond what is normal or natural.

Usage examples:

Autumn had arrived with preternatural speed

adjective

More than is usual or natural

Usage examples:

Anger gave me preternatural strength, and i managed to force the door open.

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

Usage examples:

Raw eggs

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

Usage examples:

A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Of or like a ghost.

Usage examples:

A spectral, menacing face

adjective

Of or concerning spectra or the spectrum.

Usage examples:

A laser is the generator of intense coherent, electromagnetic radiation in the spectral range betwe…

adjective

(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.

Usage examples:

A supernatural being

noun

Manifestations or events considered to be of supernatural origin, such as ghosts.

Usage examples:

A frightening manifestation of the supernatural

adjective

(of something’s cause or existence) not able to be explained by the laws of science

Usage examples:

From the center of the tree, a supernatural light began to glow.

adjective

Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience.

Usage examples:

The search for a transcendent level of knowledge

adjective

Greater, better, more important, or going past or above all others

Usage examples:

Transcendent power/beauty/love, he describes seeing pelé play football as one of the transcendent m…

adjective

Showing or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity; not suspicious.

Usage examples:

It is foolish to be too trusting of other people

verb

Believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.

Usage examples:

I should never have trusted her

adjective

Always believing that other people are good or honest and will not harm or deceive you

Usage examples:

You shouldn’t be so trusting – people will take advantage of you.

adjective

Feeling or showing no effects or changes.

Usage examples:

The walks are suitable only for people who are unaffected by vertigo

adjective

Not influenced or changed in any way

Usage examples:

Internet access will be unaffected by the upgrade., her writing is very unaffected and easy to read.

adjective

Unnatural or mysterious, especially in a disturbing way.

Usage examples:

Unearthly quiet

adjective

Strange and mysterious, and sometimes frightening

Usage examples:

The streetlights cast an unearthly glow in the thick fog., i was awakened at some unearthly hour by…

adjective

Without special knowledge or experience.

Usage examples:

The discussion wasn't easy to follow for the uninitiated

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

Usage examples:

An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.