Associations to the word «Impious»

Wiktionary

IMPIOUS, adjective. Not pious
IMPIOUS, adjective. Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god

Dictionary definition

IMPIOUS, adjective. Lacking piety or reverence for a god.
IMPIOUS, adjective. Lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne