different between godlike vs pious

English

Etymology

god +? -like

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???dla?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???dla?k/
• Hyphenation: god?like

Adjective

godlike (comparative more godlike, superlative most godlike)

1. Having the characteristics of a god.
2. Characteristic of a god.
   • 1817, John Keats, “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles”:

     And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.

Translations

Anagrams

• doglike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?us (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old English f?le (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa??s/

• Rhymes: -a??s

Adjective

pious (comparative more pious, superlative most pious)

1. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

Synonyms

• reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to piety): impious, independent, profane

Derived terms

• piously
• piousness
• pi

Related terms

• piety

Translations

Anagrams

• pouis