What does the word impious mean?
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Impiousness.
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IMPIOUSLY.
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Ungodly; wicked; irreverent; blasphemous.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for impious
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And the Van der Meulen, at which Comus had looked with impious appraising eyes, was the most sacred of them all. – The Unbearable Bassington by Saki
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Nature has told them only to children, and when grown to manhood, seals their lips with that impious injunction to put away childish things. – Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee
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For you, the people of Rome- you whom the gods have appointed to rule the world- for you to own a master, is impious. – The American Union Speaker by John D. Philbrick