impiety

The word “impiety” has 4 syllables: im-pi-e-ty

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpaɪəti/


What is synonym and antonym for impiety?

In the thesaurus, “impiety” has 24 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for impiety along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for impiety

  • affront
  • blasphemy
  • contamination
  • corruption
  • cursing
  • debasement
  • defilement
  • desecration
  • error
  • godlessness
  • heresy
  • iniquity
  • injustice
  • insult
  • irreverence
  • pollution
  • profanation
  • profanity
  • sacrilege
  • sin
  • swearing
  • trespass
  • violation
  • wrong

Antonyms for impiety

Meanings of impiety

  • noun
    1. The state of being impious.
    2. An impious act.
    3. The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.

Example Sentences

  • The philosopher was accused of impiety for questioning the existence of the gods.
  • Acts of impiety were considered serious crimes in ancient civilizations.
  • His impiety shocked the devout members of the community.
  • She was known for her open criticism of religious leaders, often bordering on impiety.
  • In the old kingdom, impiety could result in exile or even death.

On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impiety, such as: adoration, affront, blasphemy, consecration, contamination, corruption, cursing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

iconoclasm

  • agnosticism
  • apostasy
  • atheism
  • blasphemy
  • bohemianism
  • breach
  • contumaciousness
  • defection
  • denial
  • deviance
  • deviation
  • disaffection
  • disagreement
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • disbelief
  • discord
  • discordance
  • disobedience
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • divergence
  • doubt
  • eccentricity
  • error
  • exception
  • fallacy
  • falsehood
  • freethinking
  • godlessness
  • heresy
  • heterodoxy
  • impiety
  • infidelity
  • insubordination
  • irreligion
  • irreverence
  • lawlessness
  • misbelief
  • misconception
  • mutinousness
  • myth
  • negation
  • nihilism
  • nonacceptance
  • nonagreement
  • nonbelief
  • noncompliance
  • nonconformism
  • nonconformity
  • nonconsent
  • objection
  • opposition
  • originality
  • paganism
  • recalcitrance
  • recusance
  • recusancy
  • rejection
  • revisionism
  • schism
  • scission
  • sectarianism
  • secularism
  • separatism
  • sin
  • skepticism
  • strangeness
  • transgressiveness
  • unbelief
  • unconventionality
  • uniqueness
  • unorthodoxy
  • unruliness
  • veto
  • violation

paganism

  • agnosticism
  • apostasy
  • atheism
  • blasphemy
  • church
  • communion
  • credo
  • creed
  • cult
  • defection
  • deism
  • denomination
  • disbelief
  • dissent
  • dissidence
  • divergence
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • doubt
  • error
  • faith
  • fallacy
  • freethinking
  • godlessness
  • heathenism
  • heresy
  • heterodoxy
  • iconoclasm
  • impiety
  • infidelity
  • irreligion
  • irreverence
  • misbelief
  • monotheism
  • nihilism
  • nonbelief
  • nonconformism
  • nonconformity
  • pantheism
  • persuasion
  • polytheism
  • religion
  • revisionism
  • schism
  • sect
  • sectarianism
  • secularism
  • sin
  • skepticism
  • theism
  • theology
  • unbelief

sacrilege

  • affront
  • blasphemy
  • contamination
  • corruption
  • crime
  • curse
  • cursing
  • debasement
  • defilement
  • desecration
  • heresy
  • impiety
  • insult
  • irreverence
  • mockery
  • offense
  • pollution
  • profanation
  • profaneness
  • profanity
  • sin
  • swearing
  • trespass
  • violation

sacrilegiousness

  • blasphemousness
  • depravedness
  • depravity
  • evilness
  • godlessness
  • heinousness
  • hypocrisy
  • impiety
  • irreverence
  • monstrosity
  • sanctimoniousness
  • sanctimony
  • sinfulness
  • ungodliness
  • unholiness
  • vileness
  • wickedness

sanctimony

  • affectation
  • bad faith
  • bigotry
  • blasphemousness
  • cant
  • casuistry
  • deceit
  • deception
  • depravedness
  • depravity
  • dishonesty
  • display
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • duplicity
  • evilness
  • false profession
  • falsity
  • fraud
  • glibness
  • godlessness
  • heinousness
  • hypocrisy
  • impiety
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • irreverence
  • lie
  • lip service
  • mockery
  • monstrosity
  • pharisaicalness
  • pharisaism
  • phoniness
  • pietism
  • quackery
  • sacrilegiousness
  • sanctimoniousness
  • sinfulness
  • speciousness
  • tartuffery
  • two-facedness
  • unctuousness
  • ungodliness
  • unholiness
  • vileness
  • wickedness

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