ungodly

Meanings

Adjective

• Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
• Immoral, sinful, or wicked.
• Extreme; unreasonable.

Adverb

• In an impious, irreverent, or ungodly manner; ungodlily.

Origin

• . The English word may be analysed as un- + godly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelijc (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungötlich (modern German ungöttlich), Old Norse óguðligr (Danish ugudelig, Icelandic óguðlegur), Swedish ogudlig.
• . The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelike, ongodlike (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungöttlich, Swedish ogudelike, ogudlike , ogudligt.