godless

[ god-lis ]

adjective

1. having or acknowledging no god or deity; atheistic.
2. wicked; evil; sinful.

godless

/ ˈɡɒdlɪs /

adjective

1. wicked or unprincipled
2. lacking a god
3. refusing to acknowledge God

Derived Forms

• ˈgodlessness, noun
• ˈgodlessly, adverb

Other Words From

• godless·ly adverb
• godless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of godless¹

First recorded in 1520–30; god + -less

Example Sentences

Jezebel was the Phoenician queen who became the archetype of the wicked woman— promiscuous, greedy, and godless.

From Time

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.

From The Daily Beast

I happen to be of his godless camp, but I found this smackdown gratuitous and rude.

From The Daily Beast

We want to have a godless congregation in every town, city and village that wants one.

From The Daily Beast

One of the hot debates to be decided this weekend is whether to continue to use the word “godless.”

From The Daily Beast

Take that, all you gay-rights-loving RINOs and godless libertarians.

From The Daily Beast

Yet these very men endeavour to deride, and affect to despise, those whom they call the godless.

From Project Gutenberg

Hapless godless dullard that he is; driven and driving on courses that lead only downward, for him as for us!

From Project Gutenberg

Our age, so self-secure and boasting in many of its godless achievements, will end in a great judgment-catastrophe.

From Project Gutenberg

In Revelation xviii we have a similar lament over the final Babylon, the end in judgment of a godless, materialistic civilization.

From Project Gutenberg

As the Doctor recalled what he counted his father's godless death, he shuddered.

From Project Gutenberg