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impious
[ im-pee-uhs, im-pahy- ]
adjective
- not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
Synonyms: irreverent, blasphemous, sacrilegious
impious
/ ˈɪmpɪəs /
adjective
- lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly
- lacking respect; undutiful
Derived Forms
- ˈimpiousness, noun
- ˈimpiously, adverb
Other Words From
- impi·ous·ly adverb
- impi·ous·ness noun
Example Sentences
By the way, this article is not only impious and damnable, it's also almost certainly illegal to read or publish it in Gaza.
It would be impossible, as well as impious, for men to imitate the making of the Covenant of Redemption, or of that of Works.
The old Don Luis shows his whitened locks, scorned by his hypocritically impious son.
Impious people, you say, deprived of the flattering hopes of another life, desire to be annihilated.
To be impious, is to have unjust opinions about the God who is adored; to be superstitious, is to have false ideas of Him.
In March 1649, a quartermaster named Boutholmey was tried by council of war for uttering impious expressions.
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