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Synonyms for profane
prəˈfeɪn, proʊ-pro·fane
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Wiktionary
profaneadjective
Synonyms:
godless, unholy, unsanctified, impious, unhallowed, ungodly, temporal, wicked, vulgar, irreligious, secular, irreverent, worldlyprofaneadjective
To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
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worldly, irreligious, unholy, unsanctified, temporal, secular, wicked, impious, godless, unhallowed, ungodly, vulgar, irreverentprofaneadjective
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
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irreligious, wicked, irreverent, impious, unsanctified, temporal, godless, unholy, unhallowed, ungodly, worldly, secular, vulgarprofaneadjective
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
Synonyms:
temporal, vulgar, secular, irreverent, godless, unholy, impious, unhallowed, unsanctified, ungodly, irreligious, wicked, worldly
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
profaneadjective
Synonyms:
unconsecrated, secular, temporal, unsanctified, unholy, irreligious, irreverent, ungodly, wicked, godless, impious, blasphemousAntonyms:
holy, consecrated, sacred, spiritual, sanctified, reverent, religious, godly, pious, devoutprofaneverb
Princeton's WordNet
blasphemous, blue, profaneadjective
characterized by profanity or cursing
"foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
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down(p), dispirited, racy, sacrilegious, gamy, bluish, dismal, dark, unconsecrated, gentle, disconsolate, down in the mouth, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, blue, secular, blueish, gamey, downhearted, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, drab, patrician, blue-blooded, unsanctified, spicy, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, risque, low-spiritedAntonyms:
quasi-religious, sacral, inviolate, unutterable, divine, tabu, reverent, clean, inviolable, holy, sublime, unspeakable, sacred, inspirational, unnameable, sacrosanct, reverend, religious, spiritual, ineffable, numinous, unobjectionable, tabooprofane, secularadjective
not concerned with or devoted to religion
"sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
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lay, secular, worldly, unconsecrated, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, blueAntonyms:
holy, taboo, tabu, divine, unspeakable, inviolate, clean, inspirational, religious, numinous, ineffable, sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct, sublime, reverend, spiritual, unobjectionable, quasi-religious, unutterable, unnameable, sacral, reverentprofane, unconsecrated, unsanctifiedadjective
not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
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unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, unsanctified, secular, sacrilegiousAntonyms:
ineffable, quasi-religious, unutterable, reverent, spiritual, inviolable, sacrosanct, clean, sacred, unnameable, inviolate, tabu, religious, taboo, sacral, unobjectionable, reverend, holy, unspeakable, sublime, divine, numinous, inspirationalblasphemous, profane, sacrilegiousverb
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
"blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
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unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, secular, unsanctified, sacrilegiousAntonyms:
quasi-religious, clean, ineffable, divine, spiritual, reverend, sacred, reverent, taboo, unspeakable, inviolable, unobjectionable, sacrosanct, religious, tabu, holy, numinous, inviolate, sublime, sacral, inspirational, unnameable, unutterablecorrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoil, corruptAntonyms:
tabu, ineffable, reverend, sublime, inviolable, sacral, holy, numinous, inviolate, unspeakable, sacred, unnameable, divine, taboo, reverent, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, spiritual, unutterable, religious, unobjectionable, inspirational, cleandesecrate, profane, outrage, violateverb
violate the sacred character of a place or language
"desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
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dishonour, scandalise, offend, ravish, scandalize, dishonor, plunder, demoralise, deconsecrate, misdirect, desecrate, debase, pervert, demoralize, transgress, appal, break, despoil, subvert, vitiate, deprave, breach, rape, violate, infract, shock, appall, outrage, unhallow, assault, go against, debauch, spoil, corruptAntonyms:
sacral, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, ineffable, tabu, unspeakable, holy, unutterable, sublime, clean, numinous, unnameable, sacred, inviolate, reverent, unobjectionable, religious, inspirational, reverend, divine, taboo, spiritual, inviolable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
profaneadjective
Synonyms:
irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impiousprofaneadjective
Synonyms:
unhallowed, impure, pollutedprofaneadjective
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secular, not sacredprofaneverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
profaneadjective
Synonyms:
unconsecrated, secular, unsanctified, unholy, blasphemous, irreverent, impious, sacrilegiousprofaneverb
Synonyms:
violate, desecrate, debase, prostitute, defile
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People who have gone online to defend Hillary and explain why they supported her, have been subject to attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat.
The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creatureBut still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid featureYet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.
She and other people who have gone online to defend Hillary and explain -- just explain -- why they supported her have been subject to vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat.
No facts are to me sacred none are profane I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.
Even military cemeteries or public transportation advertising authorities could lose control over whether that graphic or profane content would be displayed on their property.
Translations for profane
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- profanarSpanish
- بی حرمتی کردنPersian
- rienaava, profaani, maallinen, häpäistäFinnish
- sacrilège, profane, impur, sale, profanerFrench
- अपवित्रHindi
- dissacrato, sacrilego, blasfemo, secolare, profano, sconsacrato, empio, profanatoItalian
- профан, световенMacedonian
- profanoPortuguese
- богохульныйRussian
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