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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking reverence; not pious.
  • adjective Lacking due respect or dutifulness.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not pious; lacking piety or reverence for God; irreligious; profane; wicked.
  • Characterized by want of piety; of an irreverent or wicked character: as, an impious deed; impious writings.
  • Synonyms Unrighteous, Profane, etc. See irreligious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective not pious
  • adjective lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking piety or reverence for a god
  • adjective lacking due respect or dutifulness

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin impius : in-, not; see in– + pius, dutiful.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin impius.

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Examples

  • There are a hundred religions on earth which all condemn us if we believe your dogmas, which they call impious and absurd; why, therefore, not examine these dogmas?

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Now kesil signifies in Hebrew "impious", adjectives expressive of the stupid criminality which belongs to the legendary character of giants; and the stars of Orion irresistibly suggest a huge figure striding across the sky.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • Satan, in impious mimicry of God's heavenly throne, sets up his earthly throne (Re 4: 2).

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • About the year 1830 there appeared, in one of the States of the American Union bordering on Kentucky, an impostor who declared that he was the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, and that he had reappeared on earth to recall the impious, the unbelieving, and sinners to their duty.

    Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods 1922

  • About the year 1830 there appeared, in one of the States of the American Union bordering on Kentucky, an impostor who declared that he was the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, and that he had reappeared on earth to recall the impious, the unbelieving, and sinners to their duty.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • Everywhere else St. Jerome teaches that the punishment of the devils and of the impious, that is of those who have not come to the Faith, shall be eternal.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Indeed, as a rule, the blessing of the impious is a curse, wherefore Rebekah remained barren for years.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • Such piety, is the salvation of families and states, just as the impious, which is unpleasing to the gods, is their ruin and destruction.

    EUTHYPHRO Plato 1906

  • American Union bordering on Kentucky, an impostor who declared that he was the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, and that he had reappeared on earth to recall the impious, the unbelieving, and sinners to their duty.

    The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

  • Such piety is the salvation of families and states, just as the impious, which is unpleasing to the gods, is their ruin and destruction.

    Euthyphro 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

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