impious
has definitions from the field of religion
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[ adjective ] (religion) lacking piety or reverence for a god
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Directed by Grigory_Kozintsev in a tempo that is studiously slow , he develops a sense of a high tradition shining brightly and passing gravely through an impious world . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Well , ordinarily he is , except ( as the Wheel_of_the_Law specifies ) toward impious folk who steal , disturb , or maltreat the Presence . |
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[ adjective ] lacking due respect or dutifulness
Synonyms Examples "impious toward one's parents" "an undutiful son" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (religion) lacking piety and reverence for a god
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