pious

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpaɪəs/

Adjective

pious (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

     Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Synonyms

• reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to piety) impious, independent, profane

Related terms

• piety

Translations

• French: pieux
• German: fromm
• Portuguese: pio
• Russian: на́божный
• Spanish: piadoso

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