| ADJECTIVE | all | profane, blasphemous, blue | characterized by profanity or cursing |
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| all | profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion | |
| all | profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified | not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled | |
| all | profane, blasphemous, sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | |
| VERB | social | profane, corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| social | profane, desecrate, outrage, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| Sounds | prowfey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by profanity or cursing. | |
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| Example | "profane words" | |
| Synonyms | blasphemous, blue | |
| Broader | dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency |
| Spanish | blasfemo, profano | |
| Catalan | blasfem, profà | |
| Nouns | profaneness | unholiness by virtue of being profane |
| profanity | vulgar or irreverent speech or action | |
| Adverbs | profanely | with curses |
| Meaning | not concerned with or devoted to religion. | |
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| Synonym | secular | |
| Narrower | laic, lay, secular | Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy |
| profanatory | Profaning or tending to desecrate | |
| See also | earthly | Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven |
| impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god | |
| worldly, secular, temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | |
| Opposite | sacred | concerned with religion or religious purposes |
| Spanish | profano | |
| Nouns | profaneness | an attitude of irreverence or contempt / contempt for a divinity |
| Meaning | not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled. | |
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| Synonyms | unconsecrated, unsanctified | |
| Broader | unholy, unhallowed | not hallowed or consecrated |
| Spanish | profano | |
| Catalan | profà | |
| Meaning | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred. | |
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| Example | "profane utterances against the Church" | |
| Synonyms | blasphemous, sacrilegious | |
| Broader | irreverent | showing lack of due respect or veneration |
| Spanish | blasfemo, irreverente, sacrílego | |
| Catalan | sacríleg | |
| Nouns | profaneness | an attitude of irreverence or contempt / contempt for a divinity |
| Adverbs | profanely | in an irreverent or profane manner |
| Meaning | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | |
| Narrower | bastardize, bastardise | change something so that its value declines |
| infect | Corrupt with ideas or an ideology / ideology | |
| lead off, lead astray | teach immoral behavior to | |
| poison | spoil as if by poison | |
| sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise | debase through carnal gratification | |
| suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | corromper, depravar, desmoralizar, desviar, envilecer, pervertir, profanar, solo miembro embrujar, subvertir, viciar | |
| Catalan | corrompre, pervertir | |
| Nouns | profanation | degradation of something worthy of respect |
| Meaning | violate the sacred character of a place or language. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "profane the name of God" | |
| Synonyms | desecrate, outrage, violate | |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Spanish | desecrar, profanar | |
| Catalan | profanar | |
| Nouns | profanation | blasphemous behavior |
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