ungodly un·god·ly adj

ungodly un·god·ly adj
[ʌn'ɡɒdlɪ]
(person, language, action) empio (-a), fam

at an ungodly hour — a un'ora allucinante, a un'ora impossibile


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  • ungodly — 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

  • ungodly — (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… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ungodly — adj. not honoring God; depraved, wicked, sinful; uncomfortable, outrageous (Informal) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ungodly — adj 1. irreligious, unreligious, nonreli gious, atheistic, disbelieving, unbelieving, nonbeliev ing, godless, nonspiritual; infidel, infidelic, heathenish, heathen, pagan, paganistic, unenlightened; agnostic, skeptical, doubting, questioning, Pyr …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ungodly — un•god•ly [[t]ʌnˈgɒd li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) not accepting God or a particular religious doctrine; irreligious; atheistic 2) sinful; wicked; impious: an ungodly life[/ex] 3) outrageous; shocking; dreadful: an ungodly hour to drop in[/ex] •… …   From formal English to slang

  • ungodly — 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

  • ungodly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. godless, pagan, free thinking; profane, unholy, impious; satanic, diabolic; informal, bad, outrageous. See irreligion, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not religious] Syn. profane, godless,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Irreligion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irreligion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irreligion irreligion indevotion Sgm: N 1 ungodliness ungodliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity laxity quietism GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 skepticism skepticism …   English dictionary for students

  • bad — adj 1. virtueless, unrighteous, godless, impious, ungodly; immoral, amoral, nonmoral, unmoral, unprincipled, reprobate; corrupt, depraved, perverted, profligate, dissolute, libertine, abandoned, licentious; unscrupulous, dishonest, crooked,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …   Universalium

  • holy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. consecrated, saintly; blessed, sacred, godly. See piety, deity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Divine] Syn. sacred, divine, consecrated; see divine 2 . 2. [Sinless] Syn. devout, pious, blessed,… …   English dictionary for students

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