impious

[US]/'ɪmpɪəs/

[UK]/'ɪmpɪəs/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking respect, without faith, lacking in piety.

the emperor's impious attacks on the Church.

impious toward one's parents.

All the images were taken down.And though the angels came down from heaven so it was said and beat the impious emperors, the iconoclasm continued.

to show impious disrespect

impious behavior towards elders

to act in an impious manner

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