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impious adj.
sacrilegious adj.

ADJECTIVE

impious

Synonyms

WEAK

agnostic apostate atheistic blasphemous canting contrary deceitful defiling desecrative diabolic disobedient disrespectful godless hardened hypocritical iconoclastic iniquitous irreligious irreverent perverted profane recusant reprobate sacrilegious sanctimonious satanic scandalous sinful unctuous undutiful unethical unfaithful ungodly unhallowed unholy unregenerate unrighteous unsanctified wayward wicked

Antonyms

WEAK

holy pious religious

ADJECTIVE

sacrilegious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blasphemous indecent obscene sinful

WEAK

atheistic dirty filthy foul godless heathen impious infidel irreligious irreverent irreverential pagan ungodly unhallowed unholy violating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean decent moral pure upright

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A US Supreme Court decision has ruled that burning the US national flag is protected under the First Amendment, invalidating state laws against desecrating the Stars and Stripes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

If they were concerned at all about us desecrating the image of Shrek, we certainly did not feel that way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Castillo, 43, was sentenced to nine years for contempt, assault, public disorder and desecrating national symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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