ungodly
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
- "ungodly acts"
Adj
- Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
- Immoral, sinful, or wicked.
- Extreme; unreasonable.
Adv
- In an impious, irreverent, or ungodly manner; ungodlily.
Adjective
- Impious or immoral; shockingly bad.
Examples
- His UNGODLY luck meant he drew all four ’U’s and three ’I’s.
- People often turn to ungodly ideas as an emotional response to trauma.
- We had to start our journey at an ungodly hour.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ungodli [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“belonging to God; resembling God, godlike”). Godli is derived from Old English godlīċ (“divine, godlike; godly”), from god (“god”) + -līċ (“suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’”). The English word may be analysed as un- + godly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelijc (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungötlich (modern German ungöttlich), Old Norse óguðligr (“ungodly”) (Danish ugudelig, Icelandic óguðlegur), Swedish ogudlig.
Synonyms
iniquitous, sinful, abandoned, aberrant, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, baneful, base, corrupt, corrupted, dark, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, dirty-handed, dissolute, dreadful, effete, errant, evil, flagitious, harmful, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immodest, immoral, impious, improper, incontinent, incorrigible, indecent, indecorous, iniquous, injurious, irreligious, irreverent, knavish, licentious, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, obscene, outrageous, peccaminous, pernicious, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, sinister, sordid, sullen, unduteous, undutiful, unethical, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unscrupulous, unseemly, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
Antonyms
bad, dishonest, godly, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indecent, obscene, observant, pious, reprehensible, reverent, risque, shameless, unchaste, wicked
Scrabble Score: 12
ungodly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordungodly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ungodly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary