What does "ungood" mean?
Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad
Ungood
/ˌʌnˈɡʊd/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad
- Grammar: ungood is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: backsliding, bad, carnal, fallen.
- Useful contrasts: double-plus-good, good.
- Usage evidence: Take "good", for instance. If you have a word like "good", what need is there for a word like "bad"? "Ungood" will do just as well — better, because it's an exact opposite, which the other is not.
How to use "ungood"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad rare, uncountable
"Here we can see that electricity is merely a manifestation of the fundamental dichotomy of the dualistic universe, the struggle between Good and Ungood, between Yin and Yang."
Adjective
- 1 Not good; bad.
"An unjust judge, as one well observes, is a cold fire, a dark sun, a dry sea, a mare mortuum, an ungood god, contradictio in adjecto, monsters, not men, much less gods."
- 2 Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad. in-plural
"The authorities desire to deceive humankind, because they perceived him being in a kinship to the truly good. So they took the word 'good', they applied it to the ungood so that thru words they might deceive and bind him within the ungood."
Antonyms
double-plus-goodgood
Example
"Take "good", for instance. If you have a word like "good", what need is there for a word like "bad"? "Ungood" will do just as well — better, because it's an exact opposite, which the other is not."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ungood"?
Common synonyms include: backsliding, bad, carnal, fallen, fleshly, frail.
How do you use "ungood" in a sentence?
Take "good", for instance. If you have a word like "good", what need is there for a word like "bad"? "Ungood" will do just as well — better, because it's an exact opposite, which the other is not.
How do you pronounce "ungood"?
Pronounced /ˌʌnˈɡʊd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.
Etymology 2
From Middle English ungod (“evil”), equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + good (noun). Cognate with German Low German Ungood (“bad, evil”), German Ungüte (“ungood”).