pious
11pious — adjective 1) a pious family Syn: religious, devout, God fearing, churchgoing, spiritual, prayerful, holy, godly, saintly, dedicated, reverent, dutiful, righteous Ant: irreligious …
12pious — piously, adv. piousness, n. /puy euhs/, adj. 1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. 2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion;… …
13pious — [17] Pious is one of a nexus of English words descended from Latin pius, an adjective of unknown origin. Its derivative pietās has given English piety and pity, and the derived verb piāre ‘appease, atone’ lies behind English expiate 379 place… …
14pious — adj. Full of holes. Holy, pious. His socks are more pious than the pope s …
15pious — adj. Full of holes. Holy, pious. His socks are more pious than the pope s …
16pious — adjective 1 having strong religious beliefs, and showing this in the way you behave 2 pretending to have sincere religious feelings in order to make people think you are better than you really are: Don t believe any of his pious talk. 3 pious… …
17pious — adj 1. devout, devoted, godly, God fearing, God loving, religious, spiritual; humble, worshipful, reverent, reverential, venerative; righteous, moral, virtuous, good, right minded, clean minded, clean of mind, clean of spirit, clean spirited,… …
18pious — /ˈpaɪəs / (say puyuhs) adjective 1. having or displaying religious fervour or conscientiousness in religious observance. 2. practised or used from religious motives (real or pretended), or for some good object: a pious deception. 3. sacred, as… …
19pious — [17] Pious is one of a nexus of English words descended from Latin pius, an adjective of unknown origin. Its derivative pietās has given English piety and pity, and the derived verb piāre ‘appease, atone’ lies behind English expiate [16]. Pious… …
20pious — adj. 1 devout; religious. 2 hypocritically virtuous; sanctimonious. 3 dutiful. Phrases and idioms: pious fraud a deception intended to benefit those deceived, esp. religiously. Derivatives: piously adv. piousness n. Etymology: L pius dutiful,… …
