"impious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪmpi.əs/, /ɪmˈpaɪəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more impious [comparative], most impious [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin impius. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|impius}} Latin impius Head templates: {{en-adj}} impious (comparative more impious, superlative most impious)
  1. Not pious. Translations (not pious): нечестив (nečestiv) (Bulgarian), 無信仰的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无信仰的 (wúxìnyǎng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不虔誠 (Chinese Mandarin), 不虔诚 (bù qiánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), bezbožný (Czech), malpia (Esperanto), jumalaton (Finnish), impie (French), pietätlos (German), keparat (Indonesian), aindiaga (Irish), éagráifeach (Irish), 不信心な (fushinjin na) (alt: ふしんじんな) (Japanese), nefastus (Latin), impius (Latin), bedieviškas (Lithuanian), ímpio (Portuguese), нечести́вый (nečestívyj) (Russian), безбо́жный (bezbóžnyj) (Russian), impío (Spanish), ogudaktig (Swedish), gudlös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impious-en-adj-BtOC7llo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'not pious': 99 1
  2. Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god. Translations (lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god): ἄθεος (átheos) (Ancient Greek), безбожен (bezbožen) (Bulgarian), 不恭 (bùgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不敬 (bùjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), jumalaton (Finnish), impie (French), pietätlos (German), 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌿𐌸𐍃 (afguþs) (Gothic), durhaka (Indonesian), aindiaga (Irish), éagráifeach (Irish), 不敬な (fukei na) (alt: ふけいな) (Japanese), impius (Latin), nepagarbus (Lithuanian), ímpio (Portuguese), нечести́вый (nečestívyj) (Russian), безбо́жный (bezbóžnyj) (Russian), непочти́тельный (nepočtítelʹnyj) (english: disrespectful) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-impious-en-adj-sFH95sqq Disambiguation of 'lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: irreverent, ungodly, unholy Derived forms: impiously, impiousness Related terms: impiety

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      "sense": "not pious",
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      "sense": "not pious",
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      "roman": "bùgōng",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
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      "roman": "bùjìng",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
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      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukei na",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "不敬な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "impius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "nepagarbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "ímpio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nečestívyj",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "нечести́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezbóžnyj",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "безбо́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "disrespectful",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepočtítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god",
      "word": "непочти́тельный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impious"
}

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