Impious

//ˈɪmpi.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 1
    lacking piety or reverence for a god wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking due respect or dutifulness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
godlessundutifulapostatearchatheisticbacksliding

Example

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"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.

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