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Recent Examples of heathenish So repealing the Johnson Amendment is just another layer of concrete in the foundation of trust between this heathenish president and his loyal conservative Christian flock. Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Nov. 2017
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Adjective
  • Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
  • The economy will not thrive on backward, barbarian technologies and our babies will suffer from the burden of debt, bad air and blackouts.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Crowd in New York has been bordered on rude; embarrassing!
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Protecting speech for all requires great tolerance for the vulgar, rude, offensive, angry, mean and, yes, even hateful.
    The Detroit News Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, and took more than 250 hostages in a savage attack.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas are a bunch of savage animals.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since 2020, the center has cared for 16 mountain lions as well as thousands of other wild animals from baby songbirds to coyotes to bears.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The second is for wild rubber, which consists of working with some 3,000 families that live in the middle of the Amazon forest.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Heathenish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathenish. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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