B2adjective · rare

ungodly

un·god·ly

ungodly · more ungodly · most ungodly

неправильний

неверующий, нечестивый

gottlos, unchristlich

Of a person: lacking reverence for GodOf a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.

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UK/ʌnˈɡɒdli/US/ʌnˈɡɑdli/

» Why must you call me at such ungodly hours?

Meaning

3 senses

Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
unchristlich, gottlos
нечести́выйnečestívyj, неве́рующийnevérujuščij
Immoral, sinful, or wicked.
People often turn to ungodly ideas as an emotional response to trauma.
(informal)Extreme; unreasonable.
We had to start our journey at an ungodly hour.
schrecklich, fürchterlich, unmöglich

More definitions

characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin

Examples

7 sentences

Why must you call me at such ungodly hours?
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Ziri has an ungodly amount of alcohol in the cooler.
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You can't use your sadness as an excuse to be ungodly.
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I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.
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Ziri heard that ungodly roar.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

lacking reverence for God; not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

lacking reverence for God; not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings:

(informal) extreme; unreasonable:

Origin

From Middle English ungodli [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“

From Middle English ungodli [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“belonging to God; resembling God, godlike”). Godli is derived from Old English godlīċ (“divine, godlike; godly”), from god (“god”) + -līċ (“suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’”). 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 (“ungodly”) (Danish ugudelig, Icelandic óguðlegur), Swedish ogudlig.

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