Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impious

/ˈɪmpi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: im-pi-ous
IPA: /ˈɪmpi.əs/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not pious.

adj

Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.

Example Sentences

"[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith."
"[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs."

Etymology

From Latin impius.

Inflected Forms

more impious (comparative) most impious (superlative)

Derived Forms

impiously impiousness

Frequently Paired Words

impiety

Synonyms

blasphemous undevout ungodly unholy unpious common impious impure mishallowed profane unhallowed impertinent

Antonyms

pious Allah-fearing devout devoutful frum godfearing heavenly-minded inward godly observant piteous practicing

Rhymes With

bias elias darius pious tobias himalayas mathias prius matthias zacharias dyas

Questions

How do you pronounce impious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪmpi.əs/.
What does impious mean?: Not pious.
Where does impious come from?: From Latin impius.

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