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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 will be richly 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, profanatory, 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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