profane
werkwoord
1 profane
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
synoniemen: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate.
Nederlands: bederven, corrumperen
2 profane
Violate the sacred character of a place or language:
— Profane the name of God.
synoniemen: desecrate, outrage, violate.
Roget 679: misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste etc. 638; overtask, overtax, overwork: squander etc. ... meer laten zien
Roget 988: be impious etc. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear etc. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege. snuffle; ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: ontwijden
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 profane
Characterized by profanity or cursing:
— Profane words.
synoniemen: blasphemous, blue.
Pools: bluźnierczy
2 profane
Not concerned with or devoted to religion:
— Sacred and profane music.
— Children being brought up in an entirely profane environment.
synoniem: secular.
3 profane
Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.
synoniemen: unconsecrated, unsanctified.
4 profane
Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred:
— Profane utterances against the Church.
synoniemen: blasphemous, sacrilegious.
Roget 988: impious; irreligious etc. 989; desecrating etc. v.; profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous. un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; ... meer laten zien
Pools: świętokradzki, świętokradczy
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Fescennine, Philistine, Rabelaisian, abuse, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, bad, bawdy, befoul, blasphemous, blue, calumniatory, calumnious, carnal, carnal-minded, coarse, comminatory, commit sacrilege ... meer laten zien.
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