as in wickedness
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Recent Examples of ungodliness
And to offset what ungodliness might happen in those places, there were churches, more than a dozen of them, practically one on each of Joppa’s 18 streets.
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Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungodliness
Noun
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So long as Palestinians are violent Jew-hating savages, the conflict has nothing to do with Israeli occupation and all to do with the wickedness coursing through Palestinian blood.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Valentin looking evil as hell in his green collar :) Chelsea’s bright yellow caftan is so hopeful and so sad, somehow.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, celebrates the beginning of spring and the the triumph of good over evil.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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During the mid-credits scene, there are several reflections on Sammie’s life as a young man, plus a tempting offer from the vampires to give the elderly bluesman immorality.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Bad things happen when good people tolerate the immorality and lawlessness of a state or federal government.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This book makes the case that there is a subtler iniquity in the sins of forgetting, in papering over, in moving in and moving on.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
25 Dec. 2024
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Not always, of course; like any subset of humanity, churches are just as likely to be filled with iniquity, pettiness, and spite.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2024
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But what starts out as an easy payday soon becomes an unsettling journey into the deepest pits of human depravity.—
S.A. Cosby,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Ungodliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungodliness. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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