English Explanatory Dictionary

heathenous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characteristic of a heathen.

Word forms

heathenous more heathenous most heathenous

Etymology

Alteration of earlier heathenish, analysable as heathen + -ous.

Synonyms

heathenish pagan uncivilized animalistic barbarian barbaric barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathen heathenly heathenous incivil savage tenebrose truculent uncivil uncouth uncultivated uncultured uplandish wolfish
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