IMPIOUS


Meaning of IMPIOUS in English

adjective

1.

lacking reverence for holy or sacred matters

made impious remarks about the church

Synonyms: irreverent, irreverential, profane, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy

Related Word: godless, iconoclastic, irreligious, sacrilegious, scandalous, undevout

Contrasted words: devout, godly, religious, spiritual

Antonyms: pious

2.

lacking due respect (as toward one's parents)

an impious son

Synonyms: unduteous, undutiful

Related Word: disobedient, froward, unfaithful, wayward; contrary, perverse, wrongheaded

Contrasted words: duteous, dutiful

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