Blasphemy
['blæsfəmɪ] or ['blæsfəmi]
Definition
(noun.) blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred).
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Definition
(n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.
(n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Impiety, irreverence, profanity.
Editor: Nancy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Swearing, profaneness, impiety
ANT:Reverence, veneration, godliness
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Blasphemy, denotes an enemy creeping into your life, who under assumed friendship will do you great harm. To dream you are cursing yourself, means evil fortune. To dream you are cursed by others, signifies relief through affection and prosperity. The interpretation of this dream here given is not satisfactory. See Profanity.
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Examples
- He uttered strange blasphemy in his Antinomian fashion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The police would scare him to death first with a storm of their elegant blasphemy, and then pull him to pieces getting him away from there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Oh, obscenity them, Primitivo said with an absolute devoutness of blasphemy, tears in his eyes and his cheeks twitching. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Blasphemy against nature! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But life told them that society was brutal: an episode like the shirtwaist factory fire drove them to blasphemy and dynamite. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What blasphemy is this, dog of a pirate? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He must forewarn Mr. Yorke that blasphemy against God and the king was a deadly sin, and that there was such a thing as 'judgment to come. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You shall pay the awful penalty for your blasphemy in this secret cell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It sounds blasphemous, but it is true, and here they act blasphemy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But he talked about his views; his blasphemies and heresies are on record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this foul mouth stands there bringing more ill fortune with his blasphemies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Gertrude