impious
Syllables: im·pi·ous/ˈɪmpi.əs/
impious adjective: not pious.
Adjective
impious (comparative more impious, superlative most impious)
- Not pious.
- […] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- blasphemous, undevout, ungodly, unholy, unpious, common, impure, mishallowed, profane, unhallowed
- Antonyms:
- pious, Allah-fearing, devout, devoutful, frum, godfearing, heavenly-minded, inward, godly, observant
- Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
- […] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs.1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular...
- Synonyms:
- impertinent, insolent, irreverent, audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert
impious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impious in Hindi
- not pious
- अधर्मी adharmī
- lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god
- अधर्मी adharmī
impious in Tamil
- இறைப்பற்றில்லாத, அற்ற, தெய்வபக்தியில்லாத, பயபக்தி யில்லாத, பெற்றோரிடம் மரியாதை, விசுவாசமில்லாத
impious in Urdu
- بےدین, فاسق, کافر, رندانہ
impious in Bengali
- ভক্তিহীন, অধার্মিক, শ্রদ্ধাহীন, পাপিষ্ঠ
More languagesFewer languages
- impious in Malayalam
- ദൈവവിചാരമില്ലാത്ത, അധാർമ്മികമായ, ഭക്തിയില്ലാത്ത, ഗുരുഭക്തിയില്ലാത്ത
- impious in Tagalog
- lapastangan
- impious in Indonesian
- keparat, durhaka
Synonyms of impious
28 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
5 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of impious
| comparative | more impious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impious |
Origin of impious
From Latin impius.
Words formed from impious
Questions about impious
- What does impious mean?
- Impious means not pious.
- What is impious in Hindi?
- Impious in Hindi is अधर्मी (adharmī). See Impious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impious?
- Impious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce impious?
- Impious is pronounced /ˈɪmpi.əs/.
Words near impious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impious (page history and authors); impious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Impious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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