godless

See also: Godless

English

Alternative forms

• god-less

Etymology

From god +‎ -less. Compare Saterland Frisian godloos (“godless”), West Frisian goddeleas (“godless; wicked”), Dutch goddeloos (“godless; wicked”), German Low German gottlos (“godless”), German gottlos (“godless”), Danish gudløse (“godless”), Swedish gudlös (“godless; ungodly”), Icelandic guðlaus (“godless”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (gudalaus, “godless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdləs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdləs

Adjective

godless (comparative more godless, superlative most godless)

1. Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.
2. (derogatory, slang) Evil, wicked, worldly.

Synonyms

• agnostic
• atheistic
• blasphemous
• graceless
• impious
• infidel
• iniquitous
• irreligious

Related terms

• godlessness
• godlessly

Translations

not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god

Afrikaans: goddeloos Arabic: مُلْحِد m (mulḥid), زِنْدِيق (ar) m (zindīq) Egyptian Arabic: ملحد m (mulḥed) Belarusian: бязбо́жны (be) (bjazbóžny) Bulgarian: безбо́жен (bg) (bezbóžen) Chinese: Mandarin: 無神 / 无神 (zh) (wúshén) Czech: bezbožný (cs) Danish: gudløs Dutch: goddeloos (nl), godloos (nl), ongelovig (nl), atheïstisch (nl) Esperanto: sendia Finnish: jumalaton (fi) Georgian: უღმერთო (uɣmerto) German: gottlos (de), unreligiös (de), nicht gottgläubig Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (gudalaus) Greek: άθεος (el) (átheos) Ancient: ἄθεος (átheos) Hungarian: istentelen (hu) Indonesian: keparat (id) Macedonian: безбо́жен (bezbóžen) Norwegian: gudløs Plautdietsch: gottlooss Polish: bezbożny (pl) Portuguese: ímpio (pt) Russian: безбо́жный (ru) (bezbóžnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: безбожан Latin: bezbožan (sh) Slovak: bezbožný Slovene: brezbožni Swedish: gudlös (sv) Turkish: Allahsız (tr), zındık (tr) Ukrainian: безбо́жний (uk) (bezbóžnyj) Welsh: didduw, annuwiol (cy)

Anagrams

• dogless, glossed