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Definition of impious in English: impiousadjective ɪmˈpʌɪəsˈɪmpɪəs 1Showing a lack of respect for God or religion. the emperor's impious attacks on the Church 皇帝对教会亵渎神圣的攻击。 Example sentencesExamples - Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible.
- The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny.
- And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God.
- This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God.
- During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
Synonyms godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful apostate, atheistic, non-theistic, agnostic, pagan, heathen, faithless, non-believing, unbelieving, disbelieving, doubting rare nullifidian - 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked.
(人,行为)邪恶的 恶棍。 Example sentencesExamples - Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral?
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- 'not' + pius: see pious) + -ous. Definition of impious in US English: impiousadjective 1Not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god. (尤指对神)不恭敬的,不虔诚的;亵渎的 the emperor's impious attacks on the Church 皇帝对教会亵渎神圣的攻击。 Example sentencesExamples - And this infernal monster, Popery, is now rearing his impious head again in this long-favoured country, and will, I fear, soon repeat his diabolical cruelties upon the Church of God.
- The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny.
- Either conception is to the Jew not only impious and blasphemous, but incomprehensible.
- During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
- This aptly named impious herb is a useful image for his discussion of the impious disrespect of clerical hierarchy that he claims is concomitant with an improper relationship with God.
Synonyms godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, irreverent, disrespectful - 1.1 (of a person or act) wicked.
(人,行为)邪恶的 恶棍。 Example sentencesExamples - Does that mean, then, that she and her supporters are impious and immoral?
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin impius (from in- ‘not’ + pius: see pious)+ -ous. |