Synonyms for godless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : god-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒd lɪs


Définition of godless

Origin :
  • 1520s, from god + -less. Related: Godlessness. Phrase godless communism attested by 1851.
  • adj without a god or divine faith
Example sentences :
  • A godless civilization is a disease of which nations die by inches.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • You say I am a poet, yet how may a man be a poet if godless?
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • "It is what comes of living in a godless country like Italy," said Lady Amelia.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • A godless science must not be permitted to triumph any longer over the silence of God.
  • Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France
  • And the godless fellow had snatched her away from the water of Christianity.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • I have seen the sorrow of a godless mother on the death of a child she had neglected.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • So you have been playing cards with the Amorites, you godless man!
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • But Man is not content that his state of godless isolation should endure for ever.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
  • He must be a godless and wicked man to take you away from me when I love you.
  • Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke
  • All godless life is fruitless, inasmuch as it has no permanent results.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Antonyms for godless

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