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impious definition
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Grep of noun impious impiousness Overview of adj impious The adj impious has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) impious -- (lacking piety or reverence for a god) 2. impious, undutiful -- (lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son") 3. impious, ungodly -- (lacking piety and reverence for a god) Antonyms of adj impious 3 senses of impious Sense 1 impious (vs. pious) pious (vs. impious) => devotional => godly, reverent, worshipful => holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous => prayerful Sense 2 impious, undutiful INDIRECT (VIA disrespectful) -> respectful Sense 3 impious, ungodly INDIRECT (VIA irreligious) -> religious Similarity of adj impious 3 senses of impious Sense 1 impious (vs. pious) => godless, irreverent Also See-> irreligious#1; profane#2; wicked#1 Sense 2 impious, undutiful => disrespectful (vs. respectful) Sense 3 impious, ungodly => irreligious (vs. religious) Attributes of adj impious 1 of 3 senses of impious Sense 1 impious (vs. pious) => piety, piousness Familiarity of adj impious impious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj impious impious Overview of adj impious The adj impious has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) impious -- (lacking piety or reverence for a god) 2. impious, undutiful -- (lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son") 3. impious, ungodly -- (lacking piety and reverence for a god)
impious definition
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