Impious
/ˈɪmpi.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not pious.
"[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith."
- 2 Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
"[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs."
Adjective
- 1 lacking piety or reverence for a god wordnet
- 2 lacking due respect or dutifulness wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"When they had lived happily together for a few years, the King's mother, who was a wicked woman, began to slander the young Queen, and said to the King, "This is a common beggar girl whom thou hast brought back with thee. Who knows what impious tricks she practises secretly!""
Etymology
From Latin impius.