devout
/dɪˈvaʊt/
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Canada/dəˈvʌʊt/
devout adjective: devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
Adjective
devout (comparative devouter or more devout, superlative devoutest or most devout)
- Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
- a devout man, and one that feared God1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:2
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of our God.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Synonyms:
- devoutful, godfearing, heavenly-minded
- Expressing devotion or piety.
- devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture
- Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
- devout wishes for one's welfare
Noun
devout (plural devouts)
- A devotee.
- A devotional composition, or part of a composition; a devotion.
devout meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
devout in Hindi
- devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties
- धर्मनिष्ठ dharmaniṣṭh
devout in Tamil
- மதப்பற்றுள்ள
devout in Urdu
- حلقہ بہ گوش, متقی, پکا
devout in Bengali
- devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties
- আবেদ abed
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- devout in Malayalam
- ഈശ്വരവിചാരമുള്ള, ഭക്തിപുരസ്സരമായ, വികാരവായ്പുള്ള
- devout in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಾ, ಭಕ್ತಿಪೂರ್ಣ, ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ, ಧರ್ಮನಿಷ್ಠ
- devout in Sanskrit
- यज्यु yajyu
- devout in Arabic
- مُتَدَيِّن mutadayyin
Examples of devout in a sentence
- There are no problems between us, but the Hui are more devout [qian-cheng] now and less willing to come to our homes and visit or borrow tools.2002, Dru C. Gladney, “Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community”, in Susan D. Blum, Lionel M. Jensen, editors, China Off...
- Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original...
Synonyms of devout
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Antonyms
- impious
- inobservant
- lapsed
- nonobservant
- nonpracticing
- unobservant
- unobserving
- undevout
- ungodly
- unpious
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Forms of devout
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | devouter |
| comparative | more devout |
| superlative | devoutest |
| superlative | most devout |
| Noun | |
| plural | devouts |
Origin of devout
Inherited from Middle English devout. From Middle English devout, devot, from Old French devot (French dévot), from Latin dēvōtus, perfect passive participle of dēvōveō. Doublet of devote.
Words formed from devout
Words that rhyme with devout
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- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about devout
- What does devout mean?
- Devout means devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
- What is devout in Hindi?
- Devout in Hindi is धर्मनिष्ठ (dharmaniṣṭh). See Devout meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use devout in a sentence?
- There are no problems between us, but the Hui are more devout [qian-cheng] now and less willing to come to our homes and visit or borrow tools.
- What part of speech is devout?
- Devout can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce devout?
- Devout is pronounced /dɪˈvaʊt/.
Words near devout in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: devout (page history and authors); devout (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devout (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devout (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devout (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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