impious /ˈɪmpi.əs/ adjective2 •Not pious.[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That such immanity and bloody strife / Should reigne among Professors of one Faith. — 1591 •Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs. — 1928 formsmore impious · most impious