Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Committing or tending to commit blasphemy.
- adjective Constituting blasphemy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; impiously irreverent toward God or sacred things: as, “blasphemous publications,”
- Abusive; defamatory; railing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; ; containing blasphemy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
piety or respect for thesacred . Resemblingblasphemy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by profanity or cursing
- adjective grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At once, O untravelled reader, you see how lunatic and blasphemous is the realm I am trying to describe to you in the language of John Barleycorn's tribe.
Chapter 35 2010
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Okay, so the klan wasn't into the whole "unified whole" thing, but for her to say that her routine, one that a majority of Christians see as wholly blasphemous, is a plea for action, that's very klan-like.
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Okay, so the klan wasn't into the whole "unified whole" thing, but for her to say that her routine, one that a majority of Christians see as wholly blasphemous, is a plea for action, that's very klan-like.
September 2006 2006
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Although the scene illustrates the depth of Josserand's humor and humanity, it also reveals his willingness to entertain blasphemous ideas.
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At once, O untravelled reader, you see how lunatic and blasphemous is the realm I am trying to describe to you in the language of John Barleycorn's tribe.
Chapter XXXV 1913
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Nay, it is represented as the most God-opposed of all, and culminating at last in blasphemous
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Group's Census promo called 'blasphemous' - USATODAY. com
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Mapfuwa claims that Koh's statue is "blasphemous" - but this reflects a lack of understanding.
Drive-by Times 2008
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It has been called blasphemous; it is not intentionally blasphemous; as I have said, Oscar always put himself quite na飗ely in the place of any historical character.
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It has been called blasphemous; it is not intentionally blasphemous; as I have said, Oscar always put himself quite naively in the place of any historical character.
Oscar Wilde Harris, Frank 1916
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