Blaspheme
[blæs'fiːm] or [blæs'fim]
Definition
(verb.) speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; 'blaspheme God'.
Checker: Williams--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
(v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(v. i.) To utter blasphemy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Speak irreverently or impiously of.[2]. [Rare.] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of.
v. n. Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of sacred things.
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Definition
v.t. and v.i. to speak impiously of as of God: to curse and swear.—n. Blasphem′er.—adj. Blas′phemous containing blasphemy: impious.—adv. Blas′phemously.—n. Blas′phemy profane speaking: contempt or indignity offered to God.
Typist: Owen
Examples
- Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Don't blaspheme. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Speak, then, he snarled, turning to me; but blaspheme not against the things that are sacred upon Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then they open their throttle valves, and how they do brag, and sneer, and swell, and soar, and blaspheme the sacred name of Truth! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Blaspheme not, Jew, said the Pilgrim, sternly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And in their dense ignorance they blaspheme living fire, seraph-brought from a divine altar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He understood full well that it was GOD who was standing between him and his victim, and he blasphemed him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At one time he raved and blasphemed; and at another howled and tore his hair. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I'm blaspheming all the time in my mind, wi' thinking angrily on what canna be helped. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wasn't blaspheming, I was asking for information. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But to do so would have been like blaspheming her love. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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