Vocabulary
Pious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
devoutly religious.
Urdu meaning
پارسا، پرہیز گار، متقی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This was an important recognition of what needed to be done, but nothing happened to translate these pious declarations into policy a reminder that platitudes often substitute for policy.
- For too many years now, we have been repeating what is now a familiar ritual, where the budget is announced accompanied with pious-sounding intentions, well-meaning rhetoric, and pointed reminders about the state`s constraints.
- They are merely ticking boxes and fulfilling formalities and hiding behind pious-sounding invocations of change and reform.
- It now sounds like pious incantations to talk about structural reforms.
- Annexation would reveal the pious incantations of Western politicians for what they are impotent drivel at best, and cynical cant at worst.
Synonyms
religious, devout, devoted, dedicated, reverent, God-fearing, churchgoing, spiritual
Antonyms
impious, irreligious
Curator example
“a deeply pious woman”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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