godless

Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.

Adjective

  1. Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.
  2. Evil, wicked, worldly.

Origin

From god + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian godloos (“godless”), West Frisian goddeleas (“godless; wicked”), Dutch goddeloos (“godless; wicked”), German Low German gottlos (“godless”), German gottlos (“godless”), Danish gudløse (“godless”), Swedish gudlös (“godless; ungodly”), Icelandic guðlaus (“godless”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (gudalaus, “godless”).

Forms

more godless most godless god-less

Synonyms

agnostic atheistic blasphemous graceless impious infidel iniquitous irreligious

Related

godlessness godlessly