Synonyms for blasphemy
ˈblæs fə miblas·phe·my

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1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, desecration, profanation, swear, curse, cuss, violation, imprecation, profanity, execration

   Antonyms:
   worship, veneration, reverence, adoration

2. blasphemynoun

   Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

   Synonyms:
   cuss, profanity, violation, execration, desecration, sacrilege, imprecation, curse, profanation, swear

   Antonyms:
   veneration, adoration, worship, reverence

3. blasphemynoun

   The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for any religion's deity or deities.

   Synonyms:
   curse, violation, imprecation, sacrilege, execration, cuss, swear, profanity, profanation, desecration

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, adoration, worship

4. blasphemynoun

   The act of claiming the attributes of a deity.

   Synonyms:
   swear, cuss, imprecation, profanity, execration, violation, profanation, curse, desecration, sacrilege

   Antonyms:
   adoration, reverence, worship, veneration

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blasphemy

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blaspheming, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, oath, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. blasphemy

   Synonyms:
   swearing, profaneness, impiety

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, godliness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blasphemynoun

   blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

2. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilegenoun

   blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

   "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

Matched Categories

1. • Disrespect
   • Irreverence
   • Profanity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   impiety, irreverence, profanity

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1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, calumny, profanity

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1. List of paraphrases for "blasphemy":

   sacrilege, profanity, desecration, profanation, rowing

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1. Nighat Dad:

   The trendof using blasphemy as a tool to silence people is something the state must look at. People who defame others should not get away so easily. It has very serious consequences on people’s lives.

2. Charlie Hebdo editor Gerard Briard:

   We are a secular, democratic and atheist newspaper, the term blasphemy has no meaning for us.

3. John Osborne:

   Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.

4. King Jehovah Hohenzollern:

   Hamlet knows a hawk from a handsaw, I know blasphemy from a lie and plagiarism from a bad decision.

5. Salman Rushdie:

   Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.