impious
Showing no devotion
Impious means lacking reverence for God or sacred things—the opposite of pious.
An impious act shows disrespect toward religion or religious practices: The villagers considered it impious to work on the Sabbath.
The word extends to any irreverent disregard for what others hold sacred: impious mockery of their traditions.
Violating moral law
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- heathenIrreligious nonbeliever
- paganNon-mainstream religion follower
irreligious · atheistic · agnostic · secular · faithless · unbelieving · idolatrous · heretical
Belief opposing official doctrine
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
desecration · profanation · heretic · blasphemer · infidel · cursing · damnation · anathema
Showing lack of regard
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
derisive · flippant · insolent · impertinent · cheeky · saucy · sardonic · cynical
Resisting authority or control
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- contumaciousStubbornly rebellious toward authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
mutinous · unrepentant · obstinate · unyielding · wayward · willful · contrary · nonconformist
sinful
Violating moral law
pagan · irreligious · atheistic · agnostic · secular · faithless · unbelieving · idolatrous · heretical · apostate
heresy
Belief opposing official doctrine
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
profanity · desecration · profanation · heretic · blasphemer · infidel · cursing · damnation · anathema · excommunication
disrespectful
Showing lack of regard
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
disdainful · derisive · flippant · insolent · impertinent · cheeky · saucy · sardonic · cynical · sneering
rebellious
Resisting authority or control
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- contumaciousStubbornly rebellious toward authority
recalcitrant · mutinous · unrepentant · obstinate · unyielding · wayward · willful · contrary · nonconformist · dissentient