| 单词 | impious |
| 释义 | impious (once / 1874 pages) adj To be impious is to be disrespectful of god or duty. When someone is being impious they are doing things that their church, synagogue, temple, mosque, school principal, government or parents would find unacceptable. When you don’t show reverence for religion or god, you are impious. The adjective impious is related to the word piety, which means religious reverence. To be impious is to be without piety. Being impious is similar to being blasphemous, but it’s a little more passive to be impious, while blasphemy is more actively insulting. Also, when you act out against tradition or dutifulness, you could be considered impious. If you dodge a military draft, you will likely be considered impious. WORD FAMILYimpious: impiously, impiousness+/pious: impious, piousest, piously, piousness USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Richards said Catholics ultimately had no choice but to overlook Mr. Trump’s impious behavior. Washington Times(Nov 10, 2016) In 4th-Century North Africa, St. Augustine suggested that charity be withheld from the impious. Los Angeles Times(Aug 14, 2016) But—for this impious reader, at least—it’s also a temptation worth resisting. Slate(Mar 17, 2016) 1adj lacking piety or reverence for a god Syn|Ant godless, irreverent not revering god irreligioushostile or indifferent to religion profane, secularnot concerned with or devoted to religion wickedmorally bad in principle or practice pious having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity devotionalrelating to worship godly, reverent, worshipfulshowing great reverence for god holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteousexcessively or hypocritically pious prayerfuldisposed to pray or appearing to pray religioushaving or showing belief in and reverence for a deity sacredconcerned with religion or religious purposes virtuousmorally excellent unworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations 2adj lacking due respect or dutifulness impious toward one's parents Syn undutiful disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous |
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