piousadjective
uk/ˈpaɪ.əs/us/ˈpaɪ.əs/pious adjective (RELIGIOUS)
strongly believing in religion, and living in a way that shows this belief:
She is a pious follower of the faith, never missing her prayers.
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Worshipping a god
- adoration
- adore
- churchgoer
- deify
- devotional
- devout
- devoutly
- glory
- godly
- homage
- idolatry
- Pharisee
- piety
- practising
- praise
- prostrate
- votive
- worship
- worshipper
pious adjective (PRETENDING)
disapproving pretending to have sincere feelings:
Quit the pious apologies - I know you don't really care.
pious hope UK
something that is unlikely to happen
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- hollowly
- meretricious
- preciously
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- slick
- theatrical
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Unreal things and unreality
piously
adverb uk/ˈpaɪ.əs.li/us/ˈpaɪ.əs.li/