impious

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
    lacking due respect or dutifulness
    lacking piety and reverence for a god

Word Origin

impious (adj.)
1590s, from Latin impius "without reverence, irreverent, wicked; undutiful, unpatriotic," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pius (see pious). Related: Impiously; impiousness.

Antonym

adj.

pious

Example

1. The impious theodore deserves to come under these curses .
2. To have such notions about god is absurd and impious .
3. Will an impious christian punished by god ?
4. Wicked , impious , or immoral .
5. Will an impious christian be punished by god ?

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