# ungodly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʌnˈɡɒdli/ · frequency rank #32,638

## Definitions
1. Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
2. Immoral, sinful, or wicked.
3. Extreme; unreasonable.

## Etymology
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 godlīċ (“divine, godlike; godly”), from god (“god”) + -līċ (“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.

## Easily confused with
- **unholy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ungodly-vs-unholy)

## Common misspellings (11)
`nugodly`, `ugnodly`, `ungdoly`, `unggodly`, `ungoddly`, `ungodlly`, `ungodlyy`, `ungodyl`, `ungoldy`, `unngodly`, `unogdly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ungodly