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impious

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

adjective

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

    Synonyms: irreverent, blasphemous, sacrilegious



impious

/ ˈɪmpɪəs /

adjective

  1. lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly
  2. lacking respect; undutiful
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈimpiousness, noun
  • ˈimpiously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • impi·ous·ly adverb
  • impi·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of impious1

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

Having conferred upon Franco’s touchdown its name for 11 o’clock news viewers to embrace, I accept neither credit nor, should you hold the moniker to be impious, blame.”

Once it felt impious just to say the word Auschwitz.

I left singing the show’s catchy number “What’s the Buzz” with impious sarcasm.

But Harriet would have disliked those novels’ impious ruminations on motherhood, and probably also their authors.

Surviving a political smear campaign that implied he was an impious Muslim, Mr. Joko appears to have won a second term in this month’s elections.

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