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profane

verb

1 profane

Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.

synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate.

Dutch: bederven, corrumperen

2 profane

Violate the sacred character of a place or language:
— Profane the name of God.

synonyms: desecrate, outrage, violate.

Roget 679: misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.    desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste etc. 638; overtask, overtax, overwork: squander etc. ... show more

Roget 988: be impious etc. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear etc. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege.    snuffle; ... show more

Dutch: ontwijden

adjective

1 profane

Characterized by profanity or cursing:
— Profane words.

synonyms: blasphemous, blue.

Polish: bluźnierczy

2 profane

Not concerned with or devoted to religion:
— Sacred and profane music.
— Children being brought up in an entirely profane environment.

synonym: secular.

Roget 997: secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.   

3 profane

Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.

synonyms: unconsecrated, unsanctified.

4 profane

Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred:
— Profane utterances against the Church.

synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious.

Roget 988: impious; irreligious etc. 989; desecrating etc. v.; profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous.    un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; ... show more

Polish: świętokradzki, świętokradczy


Moby thesaurus: Fescennine, Philistine, Rabelaisian, abuse, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, bad, bawdy, befoul, blasphemous, blue, calumniatory, calumnious, carnal, carnal-minded, coarse, comminatory, commit sacrilege ... show more.

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