heathenish

2 definitions found

heathenish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heathenish \Hea"then*ish\, a. [AS. h[=ae][eth]enisc.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or
        characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish
        crimes." --Milton.
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     2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. --South.
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     3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
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heathenish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heathenish
      adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
             Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]