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impious
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im-
pahy
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im·pi·ous
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[
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adjective
1.
not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
2.
disrespectful.
Origin:
1565–75;
<
Latin
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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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Such criticism might be sacrosanct on the business or op-ed page, but on a sports page, it is
impious
.
You're corrupting the youth and being
impious
toward the gods.
Traitors have raised the
impious
arm of rebellion against this sacred standard.
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Such criticism might be sacrosanct on the business or op-ed page, but on a sports page, it is
impious
.
You're corrupting the youth and being
impious
toward the gods.
Traitors have raised the
impious
arm of rebellion against this sacred standard.
To his mind that imprecation was hideous, and to his mind no fair men could read it without the conviction that it was
impious
.
The movie is often hilarious, but beneath its
impious
surface there's more than a hint of something bleak.
Many of these efforts possess a decidedly
impious
and trivializing tone.
The film doesn't utter a single pious or even
impious
thought about politics from beginning to end.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
impious
(ˈɪmpɪəs)
—
adj
1.
lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly
2.
lacking respect; undutiful
'impiously
—
adv
'impiousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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