godless

Meaning

Adjective

• Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.
• evil, wicked, worldly.

Related

Similar words

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

Origin

• From Middle English godles, from Old English *godlēas, from Proto-Germanic *gudalausaz, equivalent to god + -less. Cognate with 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 ("godless").