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[ god-feer-ing ] / ˈgɒdˌfɪər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR God-fearing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedeeply respectful or fearful of God. (sometimes lowercase) deeply religious; pious; devout. Origin of God-fearingFirst recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby God-fearinggodetia, go-devil, Godey, godfather, godfather offer, God-fearing, God forbid, godforsaken, Godfrey, Godfrey of Bouillon, God-given Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for God-fearingI grew up in a Florida suburb, the youngest of four children raised by two loving, God-fearing, middle-class parents. Why Adrian Peterson Changed My Mind on Spanking|Brandy Zadrozny|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST But, unlike another famously athletic and God-fearing Tim (Mr. Tebow), Howard is far less preachy. Team USA Lost, but Tim Howard Is a Winner|Emily Shire|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the God-fearing, heavily Baptist town of West Memphis, devil worshiping became a scourge to exorcise. ‘Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory’: Its Road to the Academy Awards|Lorenza Muñoz|February 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST South Carolinians are, on the whole, a God-fearing, loyal, polite, traditionalist and often, cagey people. South Carolina’s School of Conservatism|Scott Stenholm|January 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We are now served up daily portions of God-fearing Tim Tebow as antidote. 2011 Outrages of the Year: Donald Trump, Obama's Populism, Sandusky|Lee Siegel|December 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST But after all, they're harmless, God-fearing folk; the land is the better of them, and none the worse. The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3)|Margaret Oliphant They led a happy and God-fearing life, but they had no children. Pine Needles|Susan Bogert Warner The huge majority of Samoans, like other God-fearing folk in other countries, are perfectly content with their own manners. A Footnote to History|Robert Louis Stevenson I have often told you about the sweet, God-fearing wife he had then. The Fourth Watch|H. A. Cody I do not conceal my preference that you should have been a God-fearing man, though you were of humbler station. In the Valley|Harold Frederic
British Dictionary definitions for God-fearing
adjectivepious; devouta God-fearing people Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |