ungodly
English
/ʌnˈɡɒdli/, /ʌnˈɡɑdli/
adj
Definitions
- Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
- Immoral, sinful, or wicked.
- (informal) Extreme; unreasonable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ungodli (cruelly, unlawfully, wickedly, wrongly, unfairly, maliciously, rudely, discourteously) inherited from Old English godlīċ (godly, divine, godlike) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (pour, libate) prefix from English godly root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (pour, libate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰew-
Gloss
pour, libate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- futile English
- futilitarian English
- futility English
- god English
- godlily English
- godliness English
- godly English
- ungodlily English
- ungodliness English
- diffūsus Latin
- futilis Latin
- fūtilis Latin
- οὐλοχύται Ancient Greek
- χοάνη Ancient Greek
- χοῦς Ancient Greek
- χυδαῖος Ancient Greek
- χυλός Ancient Greek
- χυμεία Ancient Greek
- χυμός Ancient Greek
- χόανος Ancient Greek
- χύτλον Ancient Greek
- χῡμός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰu-téy-s, *ǵʰéw-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰutós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰéwyeti Proto-Indo-European
- ugudelig Norwegian Bokmål
- *geutaną Proto-Germanic
- *gustiz Proto-Germanic
- alkymist Norwegian Nynorsk
- godlīċ Old English
- ingot Middle English
- ungodli Middle English
- óguðligr Old Norse
- *zъvati Proto-Slavic
- guðlegur Icelandic
- óguðlegur Icelandic
- *ȷ́ʰaw- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ʰáwtram Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *anćuwan Proto-Iranian
- ku- Tocharian B
- *geusi Gaulish
- ku- Tocharian A
- *jawar- Proto-Armenian