Godless
['gɒdlɪs] or ['ɡɑdləs]
Definition
(a.) Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Irreligious, impious, profane, wicked, ungodly.[2]. Atheistical, given to atheism.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXCEPTIONAL_and_RARE]
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Examples
- Legree, like most godless and cruel men, was superstitious. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And will he sell his own fairer and diviner part without any compunction to the most godless and foul? Plato. The Republic.
- He maintained the same appearance of ease, and talked the same godless gossip, hour after hour, until it was time to take leave. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She is a godless woman of the world, would Mr. Crawley say; she lives with atheists and Frenchmen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They were godless men, answered Cedric. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- All my poor aunt's early life had been passed in her father's godless household. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And will any one say that he is not a miserable caitiff who remorselessly sells his own divine being to that which is most godless and detestable? Plato. The Republic.
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