impious

Meaning of impious

adjective
  1. showing a lack of respect for God or religion.
    the emperor's impious attacks on the Church

mid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- ‘not’ + pius : see pious) + -ous.

Information about impious

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of impious

im-pi-ous

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • impious is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

impious synonyms

Meaning undutiful:

undutiful

Meaning ungodly:

ungodly

Meaning not believing in God:

godless

Meaning sinful; wicked:

unholy

Meaning indifferent or hostile to religion, or having no religious beliefs:

irreligious

Meaning wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins:

sinful

Meaning not conforming to accepted standards of morality:

immoral

Meaning not righteous; wicked:

unrighteous

Meaning involving or committing sacrilege:

sacrilegious

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not respectful of religious practice; irreverent:

profane

Meaning sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane:

blasphemous

Meaning showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously:

irreverent

Meaning showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite:

disrespectful

Meaning abandoning a religious or political belief or principle:

apostate

Meaning disbelieving or lacking belief in the existence of God:

atheistic

Meaning relating to agnostics or agnosticism:

agnostic

Meaning relating to pagans or their beliefs:

pagan

Meaning relating to heathens:

heathen

Meaning disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner:

faithless

Meaning not believing someone or something; incredulous:

unbelieving

Meaning feeling or expressing disbelief:

disbelieving

Meaning expressing or feeling uncertainty or lack of conviction; sceptical:

doubting

Meaning having no faith or religious belief:

nullifidian

impious antonyms

Meaning devoutly religious:

pious

Words that rhyme with impious

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