Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈɪmpi.əs/
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/ɪmˈpaɪəs/
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ˈɪmpi.əs
Adjective
Not pious.
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[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.
Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
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[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs.
Adjective
lacking piety or reverence for a god
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lacking due respect or dutifulness
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impious toward one's parents
an undutiful son