ungodly

[ uhn-god-lee ]

adjective

, un·god·li·er, un·god·li·est.

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.

   Synonyms: blasphemous, corrupt, evil, profane

3. outrageous; shocking; dreadful; insufferable:

   an ungodly roar; an ungodly hour to drop in.

ungodly

/ ʌnˈɡɒdlɪ /

adjective

1. 1. wicked; sinful
   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the ungodly

2. informal.
   unseemly; outrageous (esp in the phrase an ungodly hour )

Derived Forms

• unˈgodliness, noun

Other Words From

• un·godli·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungodly¹

First recorded in 1520–30; un- ¹ + godly

Example Sentences

During the PGA Tour’s pandemic shutdown of 2020, Rahm and Finau — both members at the Silverleaf Club in Scottsdale — played ungodly amounts of golf together, matches that Finau said more often than not went Rahm’s way.

From Washington Post

He almost defines offensive supremacy in this era, because he takes an ungodly number of walks — six seasons of 100 or more, five in which he led the National League — and because he hits for a not insignificant amount of power.

From Washington Post

Helbert created a Venus-simulating chamber in his lab that would heat Dyar’s rocks to ungodly temperatures to test a prototype of the Venus Emissivity Mapper, or VEM, one of the instruments proposed for VERITAS.

From Popular-Science

Google’s algorithmic tentacles scan and index every book in that ungodly pile.

From Singularity Hub 

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

From The Daily Beast

Gladwell, however, is mostly interested in the ungodly number of hours they logged on stage.

From The Daily Beast

Hasan proceeded to pull the trigger with the most ungodly indifference.

From The Daily Beast

Catwoman gets knocked up and, for some ungodly reason goes to see Bellatrix LaStrange from Harry Potter and Borat.

From The Daily Beast

Sodom is the original ungodly city, whose customs are the opposite of the justice that Abraham will teach his descendants.

From The Daily Beast

The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

From Project Gutenberg

The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.

From Project Gutenberg

All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

From Project Gutenberg

All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.

From Project Gutenberg

The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.

From Project Gutenberg