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View synonyms for idolatrous

idolatrous

[ ahy-dol-uh-truhs ]

adjective

  1. worshiping idols.
  2. blindly adoring.
  3. of or relating to idolatry.


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Other Words From

  • i·dola·trous·ly adverb
  • i·dola·trous·ness noun
  • noni·dola·trous adjective
  • noni·dola·trous·ly adverb
  • noni·dola·trous·ness noun
  • over·i·dola·trous adjective
  • over·i·dola·trous·ly adverb
  • over·i·dola·trous·ness noun
  • uni·dola·trous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of idolatrous1

First recorded in 1540–50; idolatr(y) + -ous

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Example Sentences

Even grounding mitzvot in morality was idolatrous, he said, because morals served human needs.

They claim worshipping at graves and shrines is un-Islamic and idolatrous and abhor the Sufi use of music and dance.

I sometimes think he loved that girl desperately, and would have made her an idolatrous husband.

Her daughter, the object of her most idolatrous love, is left fatherless and motherless in this cold world.

He went from a country which is called idolatrous to another idolatrous country named Sichem, in Palestine.

Never marry idolatrous women, unless they will become believers.

A Mussulman servant is better than an idolatrous woman, though of the highest rank.

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