Blasphemous
['blæsfəməs] or ['blæsfɪməs]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by profanity or cursing; 'foul-mouthed and blasphemous'; 'blue language'; 'profane words' .
(adj.) 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' .
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature.
Editor: Pratt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Impious, irreverent, profane.
Checker: Prudence
Examples
- The good Catholic Portuguese crossed himself and prayed God to shield him from all blasphemous desire to know more than his father did before him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It sounds blasphemous, but it is true, and here they act blasphemy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That sounds blasphemous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And in this self-same spot the priests of the Temple beheaded him for those blasphemous words he had spoken. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Prudence