impious

[ im-pee-uhs, im-pahy- ]

/ ˈɪm pi əs, ɪmˈpaɪ- /

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adjective

not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.

disrespectful.

Origin of impious

1565–75; <Latin impius. See im-², pious

SYNONYMS FOR impious

1 sacrilegious, blasphemous, irreverent.

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OTHER WORDS FROM impious

im·pi·ous·ly, adverbim·pi·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby impious

impiety, impinge, impingement, impingement attack, impingement syndrome, impious, impish, impitoyable, implacable, implacental, implant

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Example sentences from the Web for impious

By the way, this article is not only impious and damnable, it's also almost certainly illegal to read or publish it in Gaza.
Hamas: The Palestinian Fashion Police|Hussein Ibish|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All governments have reaped fruit from their devotion; impious men and actions have everywhere had suitable events.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de Montaigne
Our people resented this impious intrusion, and built a high wall to cut off the view.
For the Temple|G. A. Henty
The Virgin, however, not obliging with another tornado, the invaders turned their impious arms against the city itself.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro

This is so impious and abominable that I can never forgive him for it .
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
Terrible confession wrung from a regicide in the most impious moment of history!
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870|Various

British Dictionary definitions for impious

impious

/ (ˈɪmpɪəs) /

adjective

lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly

lacking respect; undutiful

Derived forms of impious

impiously, adverbimpiousness, noun

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单词	impious
释义	impious [ im-pee-uhs, im-pahy- ] / ˈɪm pi əs, ɪmˈpaɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR impious ON THESAURUS.COM adjective not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly. disrespectful. Origin of impious 1565–75; <Latin impius. See im-², pious SYNONYMS FOR impious 1 sacrilegious, blasphemous, irreverent. SEE SYNONYMS FOR impious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM impious im·pi·ous·ly, adverbim·pi·ous·ness, noun Words nearby impious impiety, impinge, impingement, impingement attack, impingement syndrome, impious, impish, impitoyable, implacable, implacental, implant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for impious By the way, this article is not only impious and damnable, it's also almost certainly illegal to read or publish it in Gaza. Hamas: The Palestinian Fashion Police\|Hussein Ibish\|April 9, 2013\|DAILY BEAST All governments have reaped fruit from their devotion; impious men and actions have everywhere had suitable events. The Essays of Montaigne, Complete\|Michel de Montaigne Our people resented this impious intrusion, and built a high wall to cut off the view. For the Temple\|G. A. Henty The Virgin, however, not obliging with another tornado, the invaders turned their impious arms against the city itself. The Rise of the Russian Empire\|Hector H. Munro This is so impious and abominable that I can never forgive him for it . The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete\|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans Terrible confession wrung from a regicide in the most impious moment of history! Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870\|Various British Dictionary definitions for impious impious / (ˈɪmpɪəs) / adjective lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly lacking respect; undutiful Derived forms of impious impiously, adverbimpiousness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to impious agnostic, apostate, atheistic, blasphemous, canting, contrary, deceitful, diabolic, disobedient, disrespectful, godless, hardened, hypocritical, iconoclastic, immoral, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, perverted, profane
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impious

adjective

Origin of impious

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OTHER WORDS FROM impious

Words nearby impious

Example sentences from the Web for impious

British Dictionary definitions for impious

adjective

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