infidel

[US]/'ɪnfɪd(ə)l/
[UK]/'ɪnfədl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. unbeliever; non-believer
adj. having no religious faith; pertaining to non-believers

Example Sentences

an infidel to the prohibitionist cause.

I can`t believe,there is such a imbrute doing in this age,I can`t even believe the decedent is just a "infidel".

The crusaders viewed the locals as infidels.

The extremist group declared a holy war against the infidels.

The infidel was excommunicated from the church.

He was accused of being an infidel and was ostracized by the community.

The infidel refused to convert to the new religion.

The king ordered the execution of all infidels in the kingdom.

The extremist group targeted innocent civilians they deemed as infidels.

She was labeled an infidel for questioning the traditional beliefs.

The infidels were captured and taken as prisoners of war.

The infidel's presence in the sacred temple was considered sacrilegious.

Real-world Examples

But the infidel occupation soon proved unpopular.

Source: The Economist - Arts

ISIS view one religious group in particular as infidels.

Source: CNN Selected November 2015 Collection

We're not into negotiating. We're into fighting and taking the lives of the infidels.

Source: NPR News November 2014 Compilation

They often target security forces, government officials or Christians who they view as infidels. World News from the BBC.

Source: BBC Listening December 2012 Collection

We are not infidel. We are different but equal.

Source: VOA Special February 2013 Collection

How would you punish the infidels, Ser Davos?

Source: Game of Thrones Season 3

Although his head was full of lions, unsheathed swords and infidels dying in their own blood, he did not fight.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Absolutely. But unfortunately, they've been classified wrongly as kafirs, so to speak, in terms of being pagan and being infidels.

Source: NPR News June 2016 Compilation

It was the logic of infidels.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

But Nicholas was neither an habitual drunkard nor a thorough infidel.

Source: South and North (Middle)

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