Impious
11impious — [[t]ɪ̱mpiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as impious, you mean that they show a lack of respect for religious things. [FORMAL] Syn: irreverent …
12impious — adjective the impious magistrate of the Sung dynasty Syn: godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, wicked, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, heretical, profane, blasphemous, irreverent; apostate, atheistic, agnostic, pagan, heathen …
13impious utterance — index blasphemy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14impious — adjective Etymology: Latin impius, from in + pius pious Date: 1542 not pious ; lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one s parents) ; irreverent • impiously adverb …
15impious — impiously, adv. impiousness, n. /im pee euhs, im puy /, adj. 1. not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly. 2. disrespectful. [1565 75; < L impius. See IM 2, PIOUS] Syn. 1. sacrilegious,… …
16impious — adjective /ˈɪmpiəs/ a) not pious b) lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god …
17impious — Synonyms and related words: apostate, arch, atheistic, backsliding, blasphemous, casual, coltish, contrary, devil may care, disobedient, elvish, fallen, fallen from grace, flippant, free and easy, fresh, frolicsome, froward, giddy, godless,… …
18impious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irreligious, godless, sinful, profane, blasphemous, sacrilegious, unholy, sanctimonious, hypocritical, canting, desecrating, defiling, disrespectful, irreverent, undutiful, deceitful, disobedient, unethical, immoral,… …
19impious — im|pi|ous [ ımpiəs, ım paıəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL showing a lack of respect for a god or religion …
20impious — im·pi·ous || ɪmpɪəs adj. ungodly, lacking reverence for God or religious matters; lacking respect …
