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Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.
Giordano Bruno

Meaning of "impious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPIOUS

impious  [ˈɪmpɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IMPIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of impious in the English dictionary

The definition of impious in the dictionary is lacking piety or reverence for a god; ungodly. Other definition of impious is lacking respect; undutiful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPIOUS


Aesculapius
ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs
asclepias
əˈskliːpɪəs
Asclepius
əˈskliːpɪəs
clypeus
ˈklɪpɪəs
copious
ˈkəʊpɪəs
empierce
ɪmˈpɪəs
Gropius
ˈɡrəʊpɪəs
Pearse
pɪəs
Peirce
pɪəs
pierce
pɪəs
Procopius
prəʊˈkəʊpɪəs
Scorpius
ˈskɔːpɪəs
transpierce
trænsˈpɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPIOUS

impetuousness
impetus
Imphal
impi
impieties
impiety
impinge
impingement
impingement attack
impinger
impiously
impiousness
impish
impishly
impishness
implacability
implacable
implacableness
implacably
implacental

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPIOUS

ambitious
conscious
curious
delicious
furious
glorious
hilarious
luxurious
mysterious
obvious
pious
precious
prestigious
previous
religious
semipious
serious
spacious
suspicious
various

Synonyms and antonyms of impious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «impious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of impious

Translation of «impious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPIOUS

Find out the translation of impious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不虔诚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impía
570 millions of speakers

English

impious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधर्मी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اثيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нечестивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ímpio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধার্মিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak senonoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gottlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不敬な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không tính ngưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிந்தனையாளர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अयोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dinsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

empio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezbożny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безбожний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασεβής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oortreders
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ugudelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPIOUS»

The term «impious» is normally little used and occupies the 119.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «impious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «impious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impious

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5 QUOTES WITH «IMPIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impious.
1
Peter Abelard
Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?
2
Saint Basil
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death, nor is darkness the beginning of light, nor is disease the maker of health, but in the changes of conditions there are transitions from one condition to the contrary.
3
Giordano Bruno
Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.
4
Peter Lombard
Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with joy at the sight of the unutterable calamity of the impious.
5
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPIOUS»

Discover the use of impious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Impious Fidelity: Anna Freud, Psychoanalysis, Politics
This is particularly the case given that many psychoanalysts and historians of psychiatry charge that Anna Freud's emphasis on defending the supremacy of the ego against unconscious drives betrayed her father's work.
Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, 2012
2
Blasphemy: Impious Speech in the West from the Seventeenth ...
Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America.
Alain Cabantous, 2002
3
Readings in Classical Political Thought
you clearly knew: what kind of thing do you say that godliness and ungodliness are, both as regards murder d and other things; or is the pious not the same and alike in every action, and the impious the opposite of all that is pious and like itself ...
Peter J. Steinberger, 2000
4
A New English Translation of the Septuagint
11 A spring of life is in the hand of a righteous person, but destruction covers the mouth of the impious. Hatred stirs up strife, but friendship covers all who are not fond of strife. He who produces wisdom from his lips strikes a heartless man with  ...
Albert Pietersma, Benjamin G. Wright, 2007
5
The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America
They may be from other religions or embrace none. What makes them potential communal partners is that they show the traits of the theatrics of counterterror. They are impious Galileans, if you will, because they manifest an adversarial politics ...
Mark Lewis Taylor
6
The Definitions of Faith: And Canons of Discipline of the ...
defence of him or his impious writings, and those who are of the same sentiments with him, or who at any time have been, and have continued or do continue in the same impiety to their death ; Let such persons be, &c. 13. If any one defends ...
‎1844
7
The Definitions of Faith, and Canons of Discipline, of the ...
defence of him or his impious writings, and those who are of the same sentiments with him, or who at any time have been, and have continued or do continue in the same impiety to their death ; Let such persons be, &c. 13. If any one defends ...
Catholic Church. Councils, 1850
8
The Impious Feast: A Poem in Ten Books
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Anonymous, 2009
9
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Therefore it is to be considered impious, to wish to depart from it without the command of God. Therefore violence must not be applied to nature. He knows how to destroy His own work. And if any one shall apply impious hands to that work, ...
Robert F. Weir, 1997
10
Psalms for the Impious
Silus is a pious man who keeps a journal.
Joseph Clair, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
CatholicHerald.co.uk » The Italian poet who saw the void where …
To hear a Catholic praising an impious and heretical poet who is indirectly on the Index is disgusting. I expect his mother, rated as a Jansenist, ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
2
Algeria: “A Message to the Algerian People” from IS promises …
Jihadists in the North African country were encouraged to attack “unbelievers” and fight against democracy that is considered as an “impious ... «The North Africa Post, Jul 15»
3
ISIS New Video Poses Threat To Algeria, Spain
... ISIS fighters rail against “unbelievers” in Algeria and urge more Algerians to join their cause, slamming democracy as an “impious religion”. «Focus News, Jul 15»
4
Amira Abase MARRIES Australian ISIS fanatic dubbed the 'Ginger …
It appears that women groom other women, as it is considered impious for a man to contact a woman before she has migrated to Syria.' Born in ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Let's celebrate our nation's independence while remembering its …
Many of us who face inequalities and injustices daily view the 4th as an impious exercise in hypocrisy and vanity. Amidst the boasts of past ... «The Grio, Jul 15»
6
Led by Pirates, Iceland Legalizes Blasphemy
... party activists celebrating the vote in favor of their bill to repeal the prohibition on impious irreverence, which had been in force since 1940. «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
Liberty or tyranny
Every interference of the civil power in regulating opinion, is an impious attempt to take the business of the Deity out of his own hands; and ... «Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald, Jul 15»
8
An Entire Month of Access to Heaven
And the example of an impious person who recites the Qur'an is that of Ar-Rihana (an aromatic plant) which smells good but is bitter in taste. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Book World: 5 stories to relish even with your eyes closed
Iwuji's clipped Nigerian accent evokes the novel's African setting and a village storyteller's impious wit. In its printed form, the book includes ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
Weekend Roundup: How Will Greece Take Its Hemlock?
... a jury of 500 citizens condemned Socrates to die by hemlock poisoning for his impious attitude toward the order of the day. Defiant to the end, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Impious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/impious>. May 2024 ».
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