heathenish

Speech parts

1. heathenish - Adjective

2. heathenish - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.

Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.

Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ethnic pagan heathen savage gentile paganism barbarian infidel agnostic atheist profane atheistic barbarous uncivilized idolatrous
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Antonyms

religious humane sophisticated refined asset polished
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Examples

UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish. Ambrose Bierce

As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from above, and apparently, so strong is custom, indulged in some heathenish comparisons; but we were the truest observers of this sunny day. Henry David Thoreau

Monarchy, he said, was preposterous, and it had a heathenish origin. Source: Internet

In a similar vein, poet John Greenleaf Whittier detested what he deemed to be the "wicked" and "heathenish" message of Walden, claiming that Thoreau wanted man to "lower himself to the level of a woodchuck and walk on four legs." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heathenesse heathenhood heathenise heathenishly heathenishness heathenism