god-fearing
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡɑdˌfɪrɪŋ/
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temeroso de Dios
- But she was also pious, a God fearing person.
Now we're now we're God fearing citizens who pay our taxes.
- Now we're now we're God fearing citizens who pay our taxes.
- And we are raising God fearing children in Jesus name.
- But she was also pious, a God fearing person.
- Let's embrace masculinity and use our education system to breed God fearing, patriotic, strong, masculine men.
- That should terrify every God fearing man, woman, child and person of any identity.
- It could just be presenting himself as this very God fearing man and things of that nature because he knows that's what you want to see.
- And as far as he was concerned as a God fearing man, it's simply it didn't happen.
- He was the mechanic who worked for Fords and Ford Motor Company, and my mum was just like a house mum, you know, house mum, church going, house mum church going, God fearing.
Examples
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She raised me to be god-fearing, upright.
Blog text (28) -
Although a god-fearing and just man, he becomes a victim of circumstances and is rejected and utterly marginalized by society, forced to wander as a beggar in abject poverty.
Academic text (2000) -
One very God fearing woman, very someone that people would look at as a wife.
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We have to put in on this God fearing men to run our country like we used to have.
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And we are raising God fearing children in Jesus name.
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She comes from a Christian and God fearing home.
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Pembrook Feeney is a god-fearing woman.
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Let's embrace masculinity and use our education system to breed God fearing, patriotic, strong, masculine men.
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He doesn't build things, he doesn't work regular hours like a decent god-fearing citizen, and the life he leads, in many ways, seems useless and irrelevant to those of us who'd prefer a quiet evening in front of the television and a bottle of beer.
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She grew up in a god-fearing household that emphasized the importance of faith and community.
Synonyms
55
5.7
Very religious and serious about their faith
37
6.3
Having deep belief in and respect for religion
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5.1
Showing deep faith and devotion to God
Showing strong belief in religion
Antonyms
How Devout
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
God-fearing is made from god and fear, so it literally names someone who 'fears' God. A helpful way to remember it is that 'fear' here often means deep 'respect' or 'honour', so a god-fearing person is deeply religious.