God-fearing

adjective

Definition of God-fearingnext
as in devout

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for God-fearing
  1. devout
  2. godly
  3. prayerful
  4. religious
  5. saintly
  6. worshipful
  7. sainted
  8. pious
Adjective
  • At least six people were killed and 35 injured in a stampede near one of India’s busiest and richest temples, after thousands of devout Hindus assembled there to secure free visit passes, authorities said Thursday.
    Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Tillman, as the devout middle manager Mr. Milchick, delivers an impeccable performance defined by nuanced moments of silent decision-making.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of devout
Adjective
  • From the beginning, people saw optimization as a godly power.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Ovid’s godly characters are whittled down to basic geometric forms like ovoid shapes and cones that together recount the tale in some of the world’s most phonetically complex languages, such as Abkhaz from Abkhazia, Chatino from inland Oaxaca, and Silbo Gomero from La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
    Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of godly
Adjective
  • The Republican National Convention is a redemption story, a narrative of prayerful compliance.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • As the beat ascends, Eazi sings the title phrase with prayerful gravitas.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
Definition of prayerful
Adjective
  • By Sophie Hills Staff writer For the first time in modern U.S. history, men are just as likely to be religious as women.
    Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Millions Gather For World’s Largest Religious Festival Maha Kumbh By Lilith Foster-Collins News Reporter 0 Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of religious
Adjective
  • With saintly patience, my P.T. informed me that my shin bone was in great shape.
    Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Her devoted readers seemed to blithely accept that her stories, with their grisly leitmotifs, were the product of a saintly lady who was making it all up, out of empathy.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of saintly
Adjective
  • Her chef and housekeeper, Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher), is timid and worshipful but able to take quietly decisive action when necessary.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In a country given to worshipful talk of Founding Fathers, this is not a new subject on the political stage.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of worshipful
Adjective
  • This one could be like Intel in the 1990s, a stock that had one of the most sainted trajectories, rivaled and now exceeded by that of Club stock Nvidia.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Lorne Michaels is the out-of-touch one, and Jim Henson is essentially sainted.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of sainted
Adjective
  • The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • And yet something about her pious active listening face really gets to Urs.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of pious
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