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godfearing

godfearing adjective: acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.

Adjective

godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)

  1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
  2. Devout; pious; very religious.

godfearing meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

godfearing in Tamil

இறை அச்சமுடைய, இறை நம்பிக்கையுள்ள

godfearing in Vietnamese

religiously devout
ngoan đạo

Synonyms of godfearing

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Forms of godfearing

comparativemore godfearing
superlativemost godfearing

Origin of godfearing

From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

Words formed from godfearing

  • godfearingly
  • godfearingness

Questions about godfearing

What does godfearing mean?
Godfearing means acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
What is godfearing in Tamil?
Godfearing in Tamil is இறை அச்சமுடைய, இறை நம்பிக்கையுள்ள. See Godfearing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is godfearing?
Godfearing is an adjective.

Words near godfearing in the dictionary

  1. godfathers
  2. godfathership
  3. godfatherships
  4. Godfearer
  5. Godfearers
  6. godfearing
  7. godform
  8. godforms
  9. godforsaken
  10. godforsakenly
  11. godforsakenness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: godfearing (page history and authors); godfearing (Tamil 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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