Profane
[prə'feɪn] or [prə'fen]
Definition
(adj.) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled .
(adj.) not concerned with or devoted to religion; 'sacred and profane music'; 'secular drama'; 'secular architecture', 'children being brought up in an entirely profane environment' .
Typist: Lolita--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
(a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
(a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
(a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
(a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
(a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious.[2]. Unhallowed, impure, polluted.[3]. Secular, not sacred.
v. a. Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Defile, pollute, desecrate, abuse,[See CONTAMINATE_and_POLLUTE]
SYN:Unconsecrated, secular, temporal, unsanctified, unholy, irreligious,irreverent, ungodly, wicked, godless, impious, blasphemous
ANT:Holy, consecrated, sacred, spiritual, sanctified, reverent, religious, godly,pious, devout
Checker: Rowena
Definition
adj. not sacred: common: secular: speaking or acting in contempt of sacred things: uninitiated: impious: impure.—v.t. to violate anything holy: to abuse anything sacred: to put to a wrong use: to pollute: to debase.—n. Profanā′tion desecration: irreverence to what is holy: a treating of anything with disrespect.—adj. Profan′atory.—adv. Profane′ly.—ns. Profane′ness; Profān′er; Profan′ity irreverence: that which is profane: profane language or conduct.
Edited by Leah
Examples
- In her estimation, to be mirthful was to be profane, to be cheerful was to be frivolous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's not a time to be profane, Newland. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- HE too uttered a profane expression, and withdrew in a violent hurry, and left me mistress of the field. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She was so profane, slave-like, watching him, absorbed by him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was certainly the most profane man we ever had around the laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What profane mummery is this? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- From the spot I am speaking of, a cannon-ball would carry beyond the confines of Holy Land and light upon profane ground three miles away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As the evening closed in, he begged that the lovely dying light might not be profaned, just yet, by the appearance of the lamps. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Inputed by George