impious C1 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈɪmpi.əs/ See IPA manual Freq #60972 Meanings 1 adj lacking due respect or dutifulness Impious toward one's parents. 2 adj Not pious. […] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith. 3 adj 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. 4 adj lacking piety or reverence for a god Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · lacking due respect or... undutiful 2 adj · not pious. blasphemouscommonimpiousimpuremishallowedprofaneundevoutungodly 3 adj · lacking reverence or... audaciousboldbold as brassbold-facedbrassybrazenbrazen-facedcheeky Word family Forms impiously Derived forms impiouslyimpiousness Related forms impiety Etymology From Latin impius. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # impious **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɪmpi.əs/ **Frequency rank:** 60972 ## Meanings 1. lacking due respect or dutifulness 2. Not pious. 3. Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god. 4. lacking piety or reverence for a god ## Examples - Impious toward one's parents. - […] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith. - […] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs. ## Derived Forms - impiously - impiousness ## Related Forms - impiety ## Etymology From Latin impius. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown