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Definitions

messianic

ADJECTIVE
holy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
divine hallowed humble pure revered righteous spiritual sublime
STRONG
believing clean devotional faithful good innocent moral perfect upright
WEAK
angelic blessed chaste consecrated dedicated devoted devout faultless glorified god-fearing godlike godly immaculate just pietistic pious prayerful reverent sacrosanct sainted saintlike saintly sanctified seraphic spotless uncorrupt undefiled untainted unworldly venerable venerated virtuous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
corrupt irreligious
STRONG
bad dishonest evil immoral imprecise impure inaccurate incomplete sinful uncertain unreliable unvirtuous vile
WEAK
depraved irreverent sacrilegious unholy unsacred wicked

Example Sentences

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La Liga president Javier Tebas, who has been openly at odds with Perez for several years, criticised the "messianic, sectarian, supremacist" tone of the Madrid chief, in a post on X.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

Freston’s unusual and messianic marketing department got megastars like David Bowie and Mick Jagger to scream, “I Want My MTV!”—a campaign designed to strong-arm cable systems into carrying the fledgling station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Since “The Empire Strikes Back,” the movies have swung between messianic heroism and a more accommodating vision of how revolutions really happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Will those messianic qualities distill into sage leadership?

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

Trueba realized that they had messianic plans that did not include the politicians.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.