impious
a . 無信仰的,不敬神的,不虔誠的,不孝的
無信仰的,不敬神的,不虔誠的,不孝的
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 " [
synonym : {
impious }, {
undutiful }]
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 ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
impious ":
apostate ,
arch ,
atheistic ,
backsliding ,
blasphemous ,
casual ,
coltish ,
contrary ,
devil -
may -
care ,
disobedient ,
elvish ,
fallen ,
fallen from grace ,
flippant ,
free and easy ,
fresh ,
frolicsome ,
froward ,
giddy ,
godless ,
iconoclastic ,
impish ,
iniquitous ,
irreligious ,
irreverent ,
lapsed ,
mischievous ,
offhand ,
pert ,
perverse ,
pixieish ,
profanatory ,
profane ,
puckish ,
recidivist ,
recidivistic ,
recreant ,
renegade ,
roguish ,
sacrilegious ,
saucy ,
scandalous ,
sinful ,
sportive ,
un -
Christly ,
unangelic ,
unchristian ,
undevout ,
unduteous ,
undutiful ,
unfaithful ,
ungodly ,
unhallowed ,
unholy ,
unrighteous ,
unsaintly ,
waggish ,
wayward ,
wicked ,
wrongheaded
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