Another word for blasphemy
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Noun
An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred
- The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated:
- Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something regarded as sacred.
- The act or an instance of profaning; desecration.
- a desecrating or being desecrated
See also:A profane or obscene term
- To curse or curse at.
- A curse.
- A stubborn or annoying person or animal.
- An obscene or blasphemous word.
- A solemn, formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge, often calling on God, a god, or a sacred object as witness.
- The words or formula of such a declaration or promise.
- Something declared or promised.
- An exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene.
- A word or phrase that does not contribute any meaning but is added only to fill out a sentence or a metrical line.
- A word or other grammatical element that has no meaning but is needed to fill a syntactic position, such as the words it and there in the sentences It's raining and There are many books on the table.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
- A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.
- An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
- Evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to such an appeal:
- A source or cause of evil; a scourge:
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Another word for blasphemy
Noun
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- a desecrating or being desecrated
- The act or an instance of profaning; desecration.
- Present participle of revile.
- reproach; abuse; vilification
- Indecent behavior offensive to observers. Indecent behavior offensive to observers.
- The state or quality of being obscene.
- Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.
- Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.
- Present participle of swear.
- The act of swearing, or making an oath.
- Lack of respect, esteem, or courteous regard.
- To show a lack of respect for:
- Lack of reverence or due respect.
- A disrespectful act or remark.
- The condition or quality of being profane.
- Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language.
- The use of such language.
- Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something regarded as sacred.
- The quality or state of being impious.
- An impious act.
- Undutifulness.
Synonym Study
- Swearing and cursing , in this connection, both refer to the utterance of profane oaths and imprecations, the latter more particularly to the calling down of evil upon someone or something
- Profanity applies to language that makes impious use of sacred names
- Blasphemy , the strongest of the following terms, is used of a remark deliberately mocking or contemptuous of God or something held as sacred
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