- godless
-
—godlessly, adv. —godlessness, n./god"lis/, adj.1. having or acknowledging no god or deity; atheistic.2. wicked; evil; sinful.[1520-30; GOD + -LESS]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
godless
Look at other dictionaries:
Godless — can refer to:*Godlessness, the absence of theism (the belief in the existence of deities) * , a book written by Ann Coulter * Godless (novel) , written by Pete Hautman * Godless (Music Band) , Black Metal from P.R., U.S.A. * Godless , the first… … Wikipedia
godless — 1520s, from GOD (Cf. god) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Godlessness. Phrase godless communism attested by 1851 … Etymology dictionary
Godless — God less, a. Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. {God less*ly}, adv. {God less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
godless — index profane Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
godless — || gəʊdlɪs adj. having no god, believing in no god, ungodly; wicked, impious … English contemporary dictionary
godless — ungodly, irreligious, unreligious, nonreligious Analogous words: atheistic, agnostic, infidel (see corresponding nouns at ATHEIST) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
godless — [adj] without a god or divine faith adiamorphic, agnostic, atheistic, freethinking, iconoclastic, irreligious, nonbelieving, skeptical, undogmatic; concept 542 Ant. godly, religious … New thesaurus
godless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not believing in a god or God. 2) profane; wicked. DERIVATIVES godlessness noun … English terms dictionary
godless — [gäd′lis] adj. [ME godles < OE godleas] 1. denying the existence of God or a god; irreligious; atheistic 2. impious; wicked godlessness n … English World dictionary
godless — [[t]gɒ̱dləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you say that a person or group of people is godless, you disapprove of them because they do not believe in God. ...a godless and alienated society. Derived words: godlessness N UNCOUNT For… … English dictionary
godless — adjective 1) a godless society Syn: atheistic, unbelieving, agnostic, skeptical, heretical, faithless, irreligious, ungodly, unholy, impious, profane; infidel, heathen, idolatrous, pagan; satanic, devilish … Thesaurus of popular words
