Synonyms for profane
prəˈfeɪn, proʊ-pro·fane

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   godless, unholy, unsanctified, impious, unhallowed, ungodly, temporal, wicked, vulgar, irreligious, secular, irreverent, worldly

2. profaneadjective

   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.

   Synonyms:
   worldly, irreligious, unholy, unsanctified, temporal, secular, wicked, impious, godless, unhallowed, ungodly, vulgar, irreverent

3. profaneadjective

   To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

   Synonyms:
   irreligious, wicked, irreverent, impious, unsanctified, temporal, godless, unholy, unhallowed, ungodly, worldly, secular, vulgar

4. profaneadjective

   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

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1. profane

   Synonyms:
   contemn, despise, dishonor, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, violate

   Antonyms:
   celebrate, commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, secular, temporal, unsanctified, unholy, irreligious, irreverent, ungodly, wicked, godless, impious, blasphemous

   Antonyms:
   holy, consecrated, sacred, spiritual, sanctified, reverent, religious, godly, pious, devout

2. profaneverb

   Synonyms:
   defile, pollute, desecrate, abuse

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1. blasphemous, blue, profaneadjective

   characterized by profanity or cursing

   "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"

   Synonyms:
   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-spirited

   Antonyms:
   quasi-religious, sacral, inviolate, unutterable, divine, tabu, reverent, clean, inviolable, holy, sublime, unspeakable, sacred, inspirational, unnameable, sacrosanct, reverend, religious, spiritual, ineffable, numinous, unobjectionable, taboo

2. profane, 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"

   Synonyms:
   lay, secular, worldly, unconsecrated, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, blue

   Antonyms:
   holy, taboo, tabu, divine, unspeakable, inviolate, clean, inspirational, religious, numinous, ineffable, sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct, sublime, reverend, spiritual, unobjectionable, quasi-religious, unutterable, unnameable, sacral, reverent

3. profane, unconsecrated, unsanctifiedadjective

   not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, unsanctified, secular, sacrilegious

   Antonyms:
   ineffable, quasi-religious, unutterable, reverent, spiritual, inviolable, sacrosanct, clean, sacred, unnameable, inviolate, tabu, religious, taboo, sacral, unobjectionable, reverend, holy, unspeakable, sublime, divine, numinous, inspirational

4. blasphemous, 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"

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, secular, unsanctified, sacrilegious

   Antonyms:
   quasi-religious, clean, ineffable, divine, spiritual, reverend, sacred, reverent, taboo, unspeakable, inviolable, unobjectionable, sacrosanct, religious, tabu, holy, numinous, inviolate, sublime, sacral, inspirational, unnameable, unutterable

5. corrupt, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, corrupt

   Antonyms:
   tabu, ineffable, reverend, sublime, inviolable, sacral, holy, numinous, inviolate, unspeakable, sacred, unnameable, divine, taboo, reverent, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, spiritual, unutterable, religious, unobjectionable, inspirational, clean

6. desecrate, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, corrupt

   Antonyms:
   sacral, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, ineffable, tabu, unspeakable, holy, unutterable, sublime, clean, numinous, unnameable, sacred, inviolate, reverent, unobjectionable, religious, inspirational, reverend, divine, taboo, spiritual, inviolable

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious

2. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   unhallowed, impure, polluted

3. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   secular, not sacred

4. profaneverb

   Synonyms:
   desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, secular, unsanctified, unholy, blasphemous, irreverent, impious, sacrilegious

2. profaneverb

   Synonyms:
   violate, desecrate, debase, prostitute, defile

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1. List of paraphrases for "profane":

   desecrate

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1. Donald Trump:

   Even military cemeteries or public transportation advertising authorities could lose control over whether that graphic or profane content would be displayed on their property.

2. Henry Van Dyke:

   Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

3. Bill Clinton:

   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.

4. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

5. Bill Clinton:

   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.