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saintly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of saintly

showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue

a saintly man who devoted his life to caring for the dying

Synonyms of saintly

devout, godly, holy, pious, religious, sainted

Words Related to saintly

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 saintly

blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious

nonreligious, secular, unspiritual, worldly

backsliding, unfaithful

black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, sinful, sinning, unrighteous, wicked

Antonyms of saintly

antireligious, faithless, godless, impious, irreligious, ungodly, unholy

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