IMPIOUS

impious

(adjective) lacking piety or reverence for a god

impious, undutiful

(adjective) lacking due respect or dutifulness; “impious toward one’s parents”; “an undutiful son”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

impious (comparative more impious, superlative most impious)

Not pious.

Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards God or a god.

Synonyms

• irreverent

• ungodly

• unholy

Antonyms

• pious

Source: Wiktionary

Im"pi*ous, a. Etym: [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.]

Definition: Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.

Syn.

– Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. C. J. Smith.

– Im"pi*ous*ly, adv.

– Im"pi*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition