ungodly

B2 Topic:Time

US /ʌnˈɡɑdli/ UK /ʌnˈɡɒdli/ See IPA manual

Freq #28634

Meanings

1

adj
Extremely unreasonable, especially about time.

We had to start our journey at an ungodly hour.
2

adj
Wicked, sinful, or without respect for God.

The preacher warned them against their ungodly ways.

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Synonyms

1 adj · extremely unreasonable,... outrageous dreadful

2 adj · wicked, sinful, or without... sinful impious irreverent wicked

Word family

Derived forms ungodlilyungodliness

Etymology

From Middle English ungodli (“cruelly, maliciously, wickedly; unfairly, unlawfully, wrongly; discourteously, rudely”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“excellently; pleasingly, splendidly; courteously, graciously; gladly, willingly; righteously; properly, rightly; at all, possibly; much”). Godli is probably derived from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from gōd (“good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, unite; to suit”)) + -līċe (suffix forming adverbs); thus, equivalent to un- + good + -ly. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodeli…

*gʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European ungodli Middle English gōdlīċe Old English

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# ungodly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈɡɑdli/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈɡɒdli/
**Frequency rank:** 28634

## Meanings
1. Extremely unreasonable, especially about time.
2. Wicked, sinful, or without respect for God.

## Examples
- We had to start our journey at an ungodly hour.
- The preacher warned them against their ungodly ways.

## Derived Forms
- ungodlily
- ungodliness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰedʰ-
- Root: ungodli
- Root: gōdlīċe

## Etymology
From Middle English ungodli (“cruelly, maliciously, wickedly; unfairly, unlawfully, wrongly; discourteously, rudely”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“excellently; pleasingly, splendidly; courteously, graciously; gladly, willingly; righteously; properly, rightly; at all, possibly; much”). Godli is probably derived from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from gōd (“good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, unite; to suit”)) + -līċe (suffix forming adverbs); thus, equivalent to un- + good + -ly. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodeli…

## AI Etymology
Ungodly is from Middle English ungodli (“cruelly, maliciously, wickedly; unfairly, unlawfully, wrongly; discourteously, rudely”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“excellently; pleasingly, splendidly; courteously, graciously; gladly, willingly; righteously; properly, rightly; at all, possibly; much”). Godli is probably derived from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from gōd (“good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, unite; to suit”)) + -līċe (suffix forming adverbs); thus, equivalent to un- + good + -ly.

## Topics
- Time

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