heathen
/ˈhiðən/
adjective
- Relating to people who are not part of a major world religion, or to their customs.
- The explorers encountered heathen rituals that they did not understand.
- Heathen practices often involved offerings to gods of nature.
- The museum displayed artifacts from heathen cultures of northern Europe.
- Informal: uncivilized or lacking proper manners.
- My parents think staying up all night playing video games is a heathen habit.
- Eating with your hands at a formal dinner is considered heathen behavior.
- They called his loud music heathen noise and asked him to turn it down.
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noun
- A person who does not belong to a widely recognized religion, especially one that is not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim.
- The old book described the local tribes as heathens because they worshipped nature spirits.
- In ancient times, missionaries traveled to distant lands to convert heathens.
- Some people use the word heathen to mean someone who has no religious beliefs at all.
- An insulting term for someone who is considered uncivilized or lacking in moral values.
- My grandfather jokingly called us heathens when we forgot to say please and thank you.
- The villain in the story was portrayed as a cruel heathen who respected no laws.
- She laughed and said her messy room made her feel like a total heathen.
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