ungodliness

noun

Definition of ungodlinessnext
as in wickedness

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Recent Examples of ungodliness And to offset what ungodliness might happen in those places, there were churches, more than a dozen of them, practically one on each of Joppa’s 18 streets. — Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungodliness
  1. wickedness
  2. evil
  3. immorality
  4. iniquity
  5. depravity
Noun
  • So long as Palestinians are violent Jew-hating savages, the conflict has nothing to do with Israeli occupation and all to do with the wickedness coursing through Palestinian blood.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of wickedness
Noun
  • Lucas loved the idealistic adventure reels of the ’30s and ’40s where good and evil were divided by a fresh coat of paint.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Like him, Hur Jin-ho is concerned with the fragility of moral standing and how mercurial these not-so-concrete notions of right and wrong can be when evil sleeps just down the hall.
    — David Opie, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of evil
Noun
  • During the mid-credits scene, there are several reflections on Sammie’s life as a young man, plus a tempting offer from the vampires to give the elderly bluesman immorality.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Bad things happen when good people tolerate the immorality and lawlessness of a state or federal government.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of immorality
Noun
  • This book makes the case that there is a subtler iniquity in the sins of forgetting, in papering over, in moving in and moving on.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Not always, of course; like any subset of humanity, churches are just as likely to be filled with iniquity, pettiness, and spite.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of iniquity
Noun
  • The film premieres March 15 at the Roxy Cinema in New York, and stars Dario Yazbek Bernal and Jack Irv as two lovers whose whirlwind romance sends them down a rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
  • But what starts out as an easy payday soon becomes an unsettling journey into the deepest pits of human depravity.
    — S.A. Cosby, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Definition of depravity

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“Ungodliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungodliness. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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