ungodly
Americanadjective
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not accepting God or a particular religious doctrine; irreligious; atheistic.
an ungodly era.
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sinful; wicked; impious; not conforming to religious tenets or canons.
an ungodly life.
- Synonyms:
- blasphemous, corrupt, evil, profane
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outrageous; shocking; dreadful; insufferable.
an ungodly roar; an ungodly hour to drop in.
adjective
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wicked; sinful
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( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the ungodly
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informal unseemly; outrageous (esp in the phrase an ungodly hour )
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Stack ladyfingers with whole-berry cranberry sauce, vanilla pudding, and whipped cream flecked with a decidedly ungodly amount of orange zest.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Telegraph reported lyrics from the canticle written by a chorister included "Lord, how long shall the ungodly triumph?" and "how long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully?"
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
But they are unavoidable for someone who spends ungodly hours on the internet each day.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
We know that he’s wasted ungodly sums of money and attention on the company that used to be named Twitter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
“What are you all doing up at this ungodly hour?”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
And there you are, high and dry, with fifteen miles of the ungodliest, tire-chewinest road on either side of yuh that America can show.
From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower
Nigh unto thee, though thou professest to be the ungodliest one, I feel a hale and holy odour of long benedictions: I feel glad and grieved thereby.
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Yes, comfort yourself on that particular, O ungodliest divine man! thou cantest never.
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Thomas Carlyle
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