View synonyms for ungodly

ungodly

[ uhn-god-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, un·god·li·er, un·god·li·est.

not accepting God or a particular religious doctrine; irreligious; atheistic:
an ungodly era.
sinful; wicked; impious; not conforming to religious tenets or canons:
an ungodly life.
Synonyms: blasphemous, corrupt, evil, profane
outrageous; shocking; dreadful; insufferable:
an ungodly roar; an ungodly hour to drop in.

ungodly

/ ʌnˈɡɒdlɪ /

1. wicked; sinful
2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
  the ungodly
informal.
unseemly; outrageous (esp in the phrase an ungodly hour )

Origin of ungodly¹

First recorded in 1520–30; un- ¹ + godly

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

Gladwell, however, is mostly interested in the ungodly number of hours they logged on stage.

Hasan proceeded to pull the trigger with the most ungodly indifference.

Catwoman gets knocked up and, for some ungodly reason goes to see Bellatrix LaStrange from Harry Potter and Borat.

Sodom is the original ungodly city, whose customs are the opposite of the justice that Abraham will teach his descendants.

The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.

All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.

The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.

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