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unholy

 adjective
     
Related topics: Religion
un‧ho‧ly [no comparative]
1

an unholy alliance

an agreement between two people or organizations who would not normally work together, usually for a bad purpose
2 [only before noun] informal bad and extreme:
An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.
3RR not holy, or not respecting what is holy
4

unholy amusement/delight/pleasure

pleasure etc that you get from someone else's suffering:
He was taking an unholy delight in humiliating Sarah.
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