impious
Collocations
3ADJ.
horrible, most, wicked
IMPIOUS + NOUN
images, men, vnnaturall
PREP.
with
Definitions
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.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking due respect or dutifulness
- undutiful
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.
Wiktionary[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs.
WiktionaryO most wicked and impious of men, to what lengths has your madness driven you!
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