UNHOLY Meaning of UNHOLY in English adj. (unholier, unholiest) 1. impious, profane, wicked. 2 colloq. dreadful, outrageous (made an unholy row about it). 3 not holy. Derivatives: unholiness n. Etymology: OE unhalig (as UN-(1), HOLY) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012