Definitions for: Impious

[adj] lacking piety or reverence for a god
[adj] lacking piety and reverence for a god
[adj] lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: disrespectful, godless, irreverent, undutiful, ungodly

Antonyms: pious

See Also: irreligious, profane, wicked

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