Definition of impious in English:

impious

adjective ɪmˈpʌɪəsˈɪmpɪəs

1Showing a lack of respect for God or religion.
the emperor's impious attacks on the Church
Example sentencesExamples
- Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible.
- The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny.
- And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God.
- This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God.
- During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
Synonyms
godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful
apostate, atheistic, non-theistic, agnostic, pagan, heathen, faithless, non-believing, unbelieving, disbelieving, doubting
rare nullifidian
1. 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked.
  impious villains
  Example sentencesExamples
  Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral?

Derivatives

impiously

adverb ɪmˈpɪʌəsliˈɪmpɪəsli

And so death is meted out to all those who rebel against Nature impiously, because they know the things that are.
Example sentencesExamples
- Do not permit them to return or think of returning again to the place which they so impiously and sacrilegiously destroyed, lest worse may come.
- After Constantine, Christianity was used to justify war upon pagans and those decried as having acted impiously.
- But it's the more freewheeling entries that best suggest something else to treasure: how impiously most of these '60s-based writers conceived the craft of criticism.
- It's blasphemy to speak impiously against (to rail, to vilify, to revile) God, the Holy Spirit.

impiousness

noun

Money has shown men how to practise villainy, and taught them impiousness in every action!
Example sentencesExamples
- Where Livy seeks to build a seamless account of Rome's noble and quasi-mythological heritage, Augustine seeks to bring to light the logical contradictions, cruelty, and impiousness of pagan Rome.
- We remember several scenes where Jesus challenges the impiousness of various priests.
- The impiousness of the fishwife's final ambition links her with Marlowe's Faustus as well as with Lady Macbeth.
- And it is only insofar as such prophecies were ratified by catastrophes (as, indeed, was the case from Elijah to Jeremiah) that historical events acquired religious significance; i.e., that they clearly appeared as punishments inflicted by the Lord in return for the impiousness of Israel.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- 'not' + pius: see pious) + -ous.

Definition of impious in US English:

impious

adjective

1Not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god.
the emperor's impious attacks on the Church
Example sentencesExamples
- And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God.
- The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny.
- Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible.
- During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
- This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God.
Synonyms
godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful
1. 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked.
  impious villains
  Example sentencesExamples
  Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral?

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- ‘not’ + pius: see pious)+ -ous.

单词	impious
释义	Definition of impious in English: impious adjective ɪmˈpʌɪəsˈɪmpɪəs 1Showing a lack of respect for God or religion. the emperor's impious attacks on the Church Example sentencesExamples Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible. The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny. And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God. This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God. During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty. Synonyms godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful apostate, atheistic, non-theistic, agnostic, pagan, heathen, faithless, non-believing, unbelieving, disbelieving, doubting rare nullifidian 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked. impious villains Example sentencesExamples Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral? Derivatives impiously adverb ɪmˈpɪʌəsliˈɪmpɪəsli And so death is meted out to all those who rebel against Nature impiously, because they know the things that are. Example sentencesExamples Do not permit them to return or think of returning again to the place which they so impiously and sacrilegiously destroyed, lest worse may come. After Constantine, Christianity was used to justify war upon pagans and those decried as having acted impiously. But it's the more freewheeling entries that best suggest something else to treasure: how impiously most of these '60s-based writers conceived the craft of criticism. It's blasphemy to speak impiously against (to rail, to vilify, to revile) God, the Holy Spirit. impiousness noun Money has shown men how to practise villainy, and taught them impiousness in every action! Example sentencesExamples Where Livy seeks to build a seamless account of Rome's noble and quasi-mythological heritage, Augustine seeks to bring to light the logical contradictions, cruelty, and impiousness of pagan Rome. We remember several scenes where Jesus challenges the impiousness of various priests. The impiousness of the fishwife's final ambition links her with Marlowe's Faustus as well as with Lady Macbeth. And it is only insofar as such prophecies were ratified by catastrophes (as, indeed, was the case from Elijah to Jeremiah) that historical events acquired religious significance; i.e., that they clearly appeared as punishments inflicted by the Lord in return for the impiousness of Israel. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- 'not' + pius: see pious) + -ous. Definition of impious in US English: impious adjective 1Not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god. the emperor's impious attacks on the Church Example sentencesExamples And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God. The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny. Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible. During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty. This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God. Synonyms godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked. impious villains Example sentencesExamples Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral? Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- ‘not’ + pius: see pious)+ -ous.
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