blasphemous

blasphemous
Synonyms and related words:
Rabelaisian, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, calumniatory, calumnious, comminatory, contumelious, cursing, damnatory, denunciatory, dirty, disrespectful, dysphemistic, epithetic, evil, excommunicative, excommunicatory, execratory, fallen, fallen from grace, foul, fulminatory, impious, imprecatory, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, lapsed, maledictory, obscene, profanatory, profane, raw, recidivist, recidivistic, recreant, renegade, ribald, risque, sacrilegious, scatologic, scurrile, scurrilous, sinful, undutiful, vile, vituperative, wicked

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  • Blasphemous — Blas phe*mous, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. ?.] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. Blasphemous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blasphemous — index offensive (offending), profane Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blasphemous — early 15c., blasfemous, from O.Fr. blasfemeus or directly from L.L. blasphemus, from blasphemare (see BLASPHEME (Cf. blaspheme)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • blasphemous — *impious, profane, sacrilegious Analogous words: cursing, damning, execrating, anathematizing, objurgating (see EXECRATE): *irreligious, ungodly, godless Antonyms: reverent …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • blasphemous — [adj] irreverent cursing, disrespectful, godless, impious, insulting, irreligious, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, swearing, ungodly; concept 545 Ant. godly, pious, religious, respectful, reverent …   New thesaurus

  • blasphemous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane. DERIVATIVES blasphemously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • blasphemous — [blas′fə məs] adj. [ME blasfemous < LL(Ec) blasphemus < Gr blasphēmos] characterized by blasphemy; irreverent or profane blasphemously adv …   English World dictionary

  • blasphemous — adj. blasphemous to + inf. (it was blasphemous to speak in that manner) * * * blasphemous to + inf. (it was blasphemous to speak in that manner) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • blasphemous — [[t]blæ̱sfəməs[/t]] ADJ You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous. He tried to stop me, saying I was being blasphemous. ...works which… …   English dictionary

  • blasphemous — adjective 1. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred (Freq. 1) blasphemous rites of a witches Sabbath profane utterances against the Church it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on • Syn: ↑profane, ↑sacrilegious …   Useful english dictionary

  • blasphemous — adjective /ˈblæs.fɘm.ʌs/ Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy. His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous …   Wiktionary

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