otherworldly.

Seeming to belong to a realm outside ordinary human experience.

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Words that belong together

• otherworldly light
• otherworldly presence

On the page

An otherworldly light seeped beneath the locked door.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative more otherworldly; superlative most otherworldly when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.