Sacrilegious
[,sækrɪ'lɪdʒəs]
Definition
(a.) Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
Edited by Francine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irreverent, impious, blasphemous, profane, desecrating.
Editor: Noreen
Examples
- No, no, she cried, you must not say such terribly sacrilegious things--you must not even think them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And when I speak thus I have no impression that I displease God by my words; that I am either impious or impatient, irreligious or sacrilegious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And yet, said the Friar, resuming his demure hypocritical countenance, I know not what penance I ought to perform for that most sacrilegious blow! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Don't be sacrilegious. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He took up the cause of the Delphic amphictyony against those sacrilegious Phocians, and so appeared as the champion of Hellenic religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Noreen