ungodly

  • 1Ungodly — Un*god ly, a. 1. Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful. [1913 Webster] 2. Polluted by sin or wickedness. [1913 Webster] The hours of this ungodly day. Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] {Un*god li*ly} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2ungodly — [adj1] not accepting a religious doctrine; impious atheistic, blasphemous, corrupt, depraved, godless, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, irreligious, malevolent, profane, rough, sinful, undecorous, unhallowed, unholy, unseemly, vile,… …

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  • 3ungodly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) irreligious or immoral. 2) informal unreasonably early or inconvenient: calls at ungodly hours. DERIVATIVES ungodliness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4ungodly — [ungäd′lē] adj. 1. not godly or religious; impious 2. sinful; wicked 3. Informal outrageous; dreadful adv. 1. Archaic in an impious, sinful, or wicked manner 2. Informal outrageously; dreadfully [ungodly noisy] ungodliness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5ungodly — index mundane, profane Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6ungodly — (adj.) 1520s, irreligious, not god fearing, not in accordance with the laws of God, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of GODLY (Cf. godly) (adj.). Cf. M.Du. ongodelijc, Ger. ungöttlich, M.Swed. ogudhlik. Colloquial sense of outrageous, dreadful is… …

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  • 7ungodly — *irreligious, godless, unreligious, nonreligious Analogous words: wicked, evil, ill, *bad: reprobate, *abandoned, prof ligate: *impious, blasphemous, profane …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 8ungodly — [[t]ʌ̱ngɒ̱dli[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as ungodly, you mean that they are morally bad or are opposed to religion. Such a view implies that our bodies and sexual nature are inherently ungodly. Syn: unholy 2) ADJ: ADJ …

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  • 9ungodly — ungodliness, n. /un god lee/, adj., ungodlier, ungodliest. 1. not accepting God or a particular religious doctrine; irreligious; atheistic: an ungodly era. 2. sinful; wicked; impious; not conforming to religious tenets or canons: an ungodly life …

    Universalium

  • 10ungodly — un|god|ly [ʌnˈgɔdli US ˈga:d ] adj 1.) [only before noun] unreasonable and annoying at an ungodly hour (=very early in the morning or very late at night) ▪ Why did you wake me up at such an ungodly hour? 2.) literary showing a lack of respect for …

    Dictionary of contemporary English