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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking piety or reverence for a god;

2. lacking due respect or dutifulness;
- Example: "impious toward one's parents"
- Example: "an undutiful son"
[syn: impious, undutiful]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. [1913 Webster] When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. -- Im"pi*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impious adj 1: lacking piety or reverence for a god [ant: pious] 2: lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son" [syn: impious, undutiful]