Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not revering God; impious.
- adjective Sinful; wicked.
- adjective Outrageous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not godly; careless of God; godless; wicked; impious; sinful: as, ungodly men or ungodly deeds.
- Polluted by wickedness.
- Outrageous; extremely annoying.
- Squeamish; nice.
- Synonyms Godless, Unrighteous, etc. See
irreligious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.
- adjective Polluted by sin or wickedness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective lacking
reverence forGod ;impious - adjective
sinful ,immoral orwicked - adjective
unreasonable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
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Examples
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I cannot pass v. 15 without taking notice how often, and how emphatically, the word ungodly is repeated in it, no fewer than four times: ungodly men, ungodly sinners, ungodly deeds, and, as to the manner, ungodly committed.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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CEOs rake in ungodly compensations that contribute to the high cost of health care.
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He has blamed a number of pastors for engaging in ungodly practices and defrauding the faithful they lead.
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The association with back-breaking labor in ungodly heat and humidity for meager wages or bare-existence trade is how field workers from 1840s to 1970s felt.
High Cotton (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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The association with back-breaking labor in ungodly heat and humidity for meager wages or bare-existence trade is how field workers from 1840s to 1970s felt.
Archive 2007-10-01 ____Maggie 2007
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Humble thyself greatly, for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
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Why yes, it is ever-so-obvious by looking at that photograph of a gigantic, lily-white Wonderbread Southern family that nary a one of them has ever engaged in ungodly homosexual conduct or contemplated divorce.
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Faithfulness to His promises to preserve the godly, as well as stern execution of judgment on the ungodly, is included in
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Horsley takes the "harvest" and vintage here as referring to purifying judgments which cause the excision of the ungodly from the earth, and the placing of the faithful in a state of peace on the earth: not the last judgment (Joh 15: 2; Re 14: 15-20).
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The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ( "lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure (compare Ps 55: 19; Am 6: 1).
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word ungodly
Does it also mean just Really bad?
July 18, 2009
jberkel commented on the word ungodly
as in "ungodly hour"
September 16, 2009
arcadia commented on the word ungodly
I also like "unholy". The two can be used interchangeably in most cases.
September 16, 2009
seanahan commented on the word ungodly
I feel like unholy can be used to describe a lot of stuff, but ungodly is typically used to describe time.
September 17, 2009