Synonyms for impious
ˈɪm pi əs, ɪmˈpaɪ-im·pi·ous

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1. impious

   Synonyms:
   profane, irreverent, godless, wicked, blasphemous

   Antonyms:
   reverent, pious, godly, devout, reverential

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1. impiousadjective

   lacking piety or reverence for a god

   Synonyms:
   undutiful

   Antonyms:
   pious, pietistical, prayerful, self-righteous, pharisaic, pharisaical, respectful, godly, pietistic, reverent, devotional, holier-than-thou, sanctimonious, worshipful

2. impious, undutifuladjective

   lacking due respect or dutifulness

   "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

   Synonyms:
   undutiful

   Antonyms:
   self-righteous, reverent, worshipful, pietistical, pious, pietistic, devotional, respectful, prayerful, sanctimonious, pharisaical, pharisaic, godly, holier-than-thou

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1. impiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   irreverent, ungodly, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sinful, unrighteous, unholy, iniquitous, profane

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1. Charlotte Brontë:

   Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.

2. Joseph Addison:

   Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

3. Saint Augustine:

   Hence, a devout Christian must avoid astrologers and all impious soothsayers, especially when they tell the truth, for fear of leading his soul into error by consorting with demons and entangling himself with the bonds of such association.