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godly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of godly

1 showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
  • a godly and humble man who prayed to be rewarded in the next world
Synonyms of godly

devout, holy, pious, religious, sainted, saintly
Words Related to godly

ascetic (also ascetical), prayerful, reverent, reverential, spiritual, worshipful

pietistic, religiose

beatified, blessed (also blest), canonized, venerable

angelic (or angelical), cherubic

chaste, moral, pure, righteous, upright, virtuous
Near Antonyms of godly

blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious

nonreligious, secular, unspiritual, worldly

backsliding, unfaithful

black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, sinful, sinning, unrighteous, wicked
Antonyms of godly

antireligious, faithless, godless, impious, irreligious, ungodly, unholy
2 of, relating to, or being God
  • A godly voice from the heavens commanded him to build an ark.
Synonyms of godly

blessed (also blest), divine, godlike, heavenly, holy, sacred, supernatural
Words Related to godly

eternal, everlasting, immortal

all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent, omniscient, supreme
Near Antonyms of godly

human, mortal, natural

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