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
  • Hunter believes Smit, a devout Christian, crossed a line.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Participating in American commercial Christmas does not mean participating in the Christian faith and takes nothing away from our devout Christian friends who celebrate a sacred holiday.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of devout
Adjective
  • 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
  • That godly spirit is what guides him to help thousands of disenfranchised people, quietly and swiftly, like the Turpin children, a California family who suffered from abuse, or Megan Markle, who needed refuge and coverage after fleeing the United Kingdom with her husband, Prince Harry.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 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
  • Because the very same al-Qaida jihadists that the EU still accuses on its own website of assassinations, forced religious conversions, hostage takings and suicide bombings, now self-identity as statesmen.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The use of beads for religious purposes is believed to originate from Hinduism, about 29 centuries ago.
    Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of religious
Adjective
  • 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
  • In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 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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