godless

See also: Godless

English

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

• Arabic: مُلْحِد m (mulḥid), زِنْدِيق (ar) m (zindīq)

  Egyptian Arabic: ملحد m (mulḥed)

• Belarusian: бязбо́жны (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)

• 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)
• Ukrainian: безбо́жний (uk) (bezbóžnyj)

Anagrams

• dogless, glossed