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im·pi·ous       [im-pee-uhs, im-pahy-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
2.disrespectful.
[Origin: 1565–75; < L impius. See im-2, pious]

—Related forms
im·pi·ous·ly, adverb
im·pi·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. sacrilegious, blasphemous, irreverent.
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im·pi·ous       (ĭm'pē-əs, ĭm-pī'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Lacking reverence; not pious.
  2. Lacking due respect or dutifulness: impious toward one's parents.


[From Latin impius : in-, not; see in-1 + pius, dutiful.]

im'pi·ous·ly adv., im'pi·ous·ness n.
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impious

adjective
1. lacking piety or reverence for a god [ant: pious] 
2. lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son" 

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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.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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