different between ungodly vs unhallowed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n???dli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n???dli/
• Hyphenation: un?god?ly

Etymology 1

From Middle English ungodli [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“belonging to God; resembling God, godlike”). Godli is derived from Old English godl?? (“divine, godlike; godly”), from god (“god”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??ew- (“to libate, pour”), in the sense of a liquid offering poured out for a deity) + -l?? (“suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’”). The English word may be analysed as un- +? godly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelijc (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungötlich (modern German ungöttlich), Old Norse óguðligr (“ungodly”) (Danish ugudelig, Icelandic óguðlegur), Swedish ogudlig.

Adjective

ungodly (comparative more ungodly or ungodlier, superlative most ungodly or ungodliest)

1. Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.

   Synonyms: impious, irreligious, irreverent

   Antonyms: godly, observant, pious, reverent
2. Immoral, sinful, or wicked.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:evil, Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:virtuous
3. (informal) Extreme; unreasonable.

   Synonyms: dreadful, indecent, outrageous

Derived terms

• ungodlily
• ungodliness
• ungodly hour

Translations

Etymology 2

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 g?dl??e (“goodly”), from g?d (“good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, unite; to suit”)) + -l??e (suffix forming adverbs). The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelike, ongodlike (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungöttlich, Swedish ogudelike, ogudlike (both obsolete), ogudligt.

Adverb

ungodly (comparative more ungodly, superlative most ungodly)

1. (obsolete) In an impious, irreverent, or ungodly manner; ungodlily. [16th–17th c.]

References

English

Etymology

un- +? hallowed

Adjective

unhallowed (comparative more unhallowed, superlative most unhallowed)

1. Not hallowed or blessed; unholy.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i^[1]:

     Gratiano:

     O, be thou damn'd, inexecrable dog!

     And for thy life let justice be accused.

     Thou almost makest me waver in my faith,

     To hold opinion with Pythagoras,

     That souls of animals infuse themselves

     Into the trunks of men: thy currish spirit

     Govern'd a wolf, who, hang'd for human slaughter,

     Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet,

     And, whilst thou lay'st in thy unhallow'd dam,

     Infused itself in thee; for thy desires

     Are wolfish, bloody, starved, and ravenous.

Antonyms

• hallowed

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