Godly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

showing great reverence for god

emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈeɪmɪʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɒdli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɒdli/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈeɪmɪʃ/.

Examples

a godly man
leading a godly life
divine judgment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

worshipful divine reverent

Parts of Speech

adjective	showing great reverence for god “a godly man”
adjective	emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review “divine judgment”

Word Forms

godliness	noun	piety by virtue of being a godly person
reverence	noun	a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
revere	verb	love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
God	noun	the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

göttlich

große Ehrfurcht vor Gott zeigen

🇫🇷French

pieux

montrer un grand respect pour Dieu

🇪🇸Spanish

piadoso

mostrando gran reverencia por dios

🇮🇹Italian

divino

mostrando grande riverenza per Dio

🇳🇱Dutch

godvruchtig

blijk geven van grote eerbied voor God

🇵🇹Portuguese

piedoso

mostrando grande reverência a Deus

🇷🇺Russian

благочестивый

проявляя большое почтение к богу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धार्मिक

भगवान के प्रति अत्यधिक श्रद्धा प्रदर्शित करना

🇧🇩Bengali

ধার্মিক

ঈশ্বরের প্রতি মহান শ্রদ্ধা প্রদর্শন

🇮🇳Tamil

தெய்வீகமான

கடவுள் மீது மிகுந்த மரியாதை காட்டுவது

🇮🇳Telugu

దైవభక్తిగల

భగవంతుని పట్ల గొప్ప భక్తిని ప్రదర్శిస్తున్నారు

🇮🇳Marathi

धार्मिक

देवाबद्दल प्रचंड आदर दाखवणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઈશ્વરીય

ભગવાન માટે મહાન આદર દર્શાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದೈವಿಕ

ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಗೌರವವನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദൈവഭക്തൻ

ദൈവത്തോടുള്ള വലിയ ഭക്തി കാണിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧਰਮੀ

ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਲਈ ਬਹੁਤ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਦਿਖਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

دیندار

خدا کے لئے بہت زیادہ تعظیم کا مظاہرہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

敬虔的

对神表现出极大的敬畏

🇯🇵Japanese

神々しい

神に対する深い敬意を示す

🇰🇷Korean

경건한

신에 대한 큰 존경심을 나타냄

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tin kính

thể hiện sự tôn kính lớn lao đối với Chúa

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างพระเจ้า

แสดงความเคารพต่อพระเจ้าอย่างยิ่งใหญ่

🇮🇩Indonesian

saleh

menunjukkan rasa hormat yang besar terhadap Tuhan

🇵🇭Filipino

makadiyos

nagpapakita ng malaking paggalang sa diyos

🇲🇾Malay

bertuhan

menunjukkan ketakwaan yang tinggi kepada tuhan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تقي

يظهر تقديسًا كبيرًا لله

🇮🇷Persian

خداپسندانه

نشان دادن احترام زیادی برای خدا

🇹🇷Turkish

dindar

tanrıya büyük saygı göstermek

🇮🇱Hebrew

אָדוּק

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