profane
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(satellite adjective) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled |
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Synonyms: unconsecrated, unsanctified |
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(adjective) not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
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Antonyms: sacred |
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(verb) violate the sacred character of a place, such as a graveyard |
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Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, violate |
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Related Words: assail, assault, attack, set on |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious |
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(satellite adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" |
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Synonyms: blasphemous, blue |
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(verb) corrupt morally |
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Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, vitiate |
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Related Words: alter, bastardise, bastardize, carnalize, change, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualize, suborn, whore |
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