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impious

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impious /ˈɪmpijəs/ adjective
impious
/ˈɪmpijəs/
adjective
Learner's definition of IMPIOUS
[more impious; most impious] formal
: feeling or showing a lack of respect for God : not pious(对上帝)不虔诚的,不敬的
TOEFL BNC: 37050 COCA: 34209

impious

adjective

im·​pi·​ous ˈim-pē-əs How to pronounce impious (audio) (ˌ)im-ˈpī- How to pronounce impious (audio)
: not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
impiously adverb

Example Sentences

He was fearful of seeming impious. an impious act that horrified their pious mother
Recent Examples on the Web Once secular policies are interpreted by their opponents as impious challenges to God’s rule, compromise becomes apostasy. Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The character of Henry may be derisive, impious, cantankerous, even contemptuous, but Carax treats both the story and especially the actor reverently and deferentially. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The Pilgrims who arrived in 1620 classified it as just another day, rejecting the impious merrymaking of old England. Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2020 The other Gulf Arab countries — the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain — had also eased restrictions at the onset of Ramadan, an especially social month when pious and impious alike make social calls and hold dinner parties. Sarah Dadouch, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2020 It is dominated by a single voice: Ms. Nixon’s, reciting stanzas instead of voice-over narration and cracking impish, sometimes impious jokes with the marvelous Ms. Ehle. A. O. Scott, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Latin impius, from in- + pius pious

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of impious was in 1542
TOEFL BNC: 37050 COCA: 34209

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