adj. Function: adjective
1 lacking reverence for holy or sacred matters FF1C; made impious remarks about the church FF1E;
Synonyms: irreverent, irreverential, profane, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy
Related Words: godless, iconoclastic, irreligious, sacrilegious, scandalous, undevout
Contrasted Words: devout, godly, religious, spiritual
Antonyms: pious
2 lacking due respect (as toward one's parents) FF1C; an impious son FF1E;
Synonyms: unduteous, undutiful
Related Words: disobedient, froward, unfaithful, wayward; contrary, perverse, wrongheaded
Contrasted Words: duteous, dutiful