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impious

/ˈɪmpiəs/adjective

उच्चारण इम्पिअस

अधार्मिक, नास्तिक, अश्रद्धालु

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adjective
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    formal

    showing a lack of respect for God and religion

    अधार्मिक, नास्तिक, अश्रद्धालु

    • It was considered impious to wear shoes in the temple.
    • The villagers thought it impious to cut down the sacred banyan tree.
    • The priest called their laughter during the prayer impious.
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    • It would be impious to joke about the holy book.
    • Some elders found the loud music near the shrine impious.

    Synonyms irreligious ungodly irreverent sacrilegious blasphemous

    Opposite pious devout religious reverent

◇Word family
impiety nounpious adj.
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AaSpelling

im·pi·ous

Spelling and stress: im-pi-ous, with stress on the first syllable, IMpious (not 'imPIous'); the noun impiety.

Spelling और stress में im-pi-ous, stress पहले syllable पर, IMpious ('imPIous' नहीं); noun impiety।

?Which word?

Keep the irreligious words together: impious, irreverent, sacrilegious (disrespecting something holy), blasphemous (speaking without respect of God), profane (not religious; disrespectful).

अधार्मिकता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: impious, irreverent, sacrilegious (पवित्र चीज़ का अनादर), blasphemous (ईश्वर के प्रति अनादरपूर्ण बोलना), profane (अधार्मिक; अनादरपूर्ण)।