Synonyms and Antonyms of piousness
1
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have
- an outward piousness that was just a ploy to get him the support of religious-minded voters
deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, double-dealing, falsity, perfidy, two-facedness
affectation, affectedness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, self-righteousness, self-satisfaction
duplicity, fakery, falseness, fraudulentness, shamming
artificiality, glibness, oiliness, smoothness, unctuousness
candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, probity, straightforwardness, truthfulness
artlessness, guilelessness, naturalness, unaffectedness
2
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous
- the piousness with which he lived every aspect of his life was an inspiration to the other monks at the abbey
asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality
priestliness
goodness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
consecration, sacredness
blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness
depravedness, depravity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness
hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony
