impious
adjective
not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
impiousness
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a word derived from
impious.
Example Sentences
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His prophetic spirit foretold to him that the impiousness of the sons he would beget would make their death to be preferable to their life.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin
On the morning of the day before Judy's departure Blanche, who, half-packed, was still trying to make up her mind, received a letter that, with no sense of impiousness, she considered providential.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
His father would stand aghast at his impiousness; his mother, class conscious as few of the under dogs are ever class conscious, would refuse to receive this girl as her daughter….
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
The man was simply horrified at such impiousness.
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
"We don't want no impiousness at this here shuckin', Tim," observed William Ming, who occupied the position of host in Betsey's absence about the more important matter of supper.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
