impious
AdjectiveUS[im-pahy-uhs]/ˌɪmˈpaɪəs/3 syllables
Synonyms:
undutiful
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- lacking piety or reverence for a godOpposite piousSimilar godless, irreverentRelates to piety, piousnessSee also irreligious, profane, wicked
- lacking due respect or dutifulness“impious toward one's parents”“an undutiful son”Synonyms: undutifulOpposite respectfulSimilar disrespectful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Im′pi·ous adjective
Origin: 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.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station.— Joseph Addison
Synonyms: Impious, Irreligious, Profane. 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. Charles John Smith
— Im′wb-a1′>′pi·ous·ly, adverb — Im′wb-a1′>′pi·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54