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devout
Meaning: deeply religious; pious; also, earnestly devoted
devout in a sentence
How devout is used in real sentences:
She is a devout fan of the symphony.
She is a devout fan of the symphony.
“Lena's devout attention to evidence kept her at the site through rain, mosquitoes, and long evenings of data entry.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for devout
Other words for devout — pious, reverent, godly and devoted — carry the same meaning.
- pious
- reverent
- godly
- devoted
Antonyms of devout
Words that mean the opposite of devout:
- impious
- irreverent
Where it comes from
From Latin devotus 'devoted'
Memory hook
DEVOUT — completely DEVOted.