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profaned

/pruh-feyn, proh-/US // prəˈfeɪn, proʊ- //UK // (prəˈfeɪn) //

亵渎,亵渎的,亵渎神明,亵渎神灵

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
    • : not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular.
    • : unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.
    • : not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.
    • : common or vulgar.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·faned, pro·fan·ing.

    • : to misuse; employ basely or unworthily; defile; debase.
    • : to treat with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdefile, desecrate

Examples

  • “I think that would be amazing,” said Kim Beede, the trustee who can also be heard pledging to mess with critics in a profane tirade.

  • The Lakers’ gambit left Clippers guard Patrick Beverley with no recourse but to deploy profane emoji on Twitter.

  • For them, this is not demolition but reclamation, cleansing the sanctuary that has been profaned by liberals.

  • And I have regarded my own holy name, which the house of Israel hath profaned among the nations to which they went in.

  • For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low.

  • I give this word its sacred and pathetic meaning, so profaned in France, where we apply it to our enemies.

  • The word has too often been profaned, and the sentiment too often a make-believe.

  • And thy name so often profaned, would that I never heard it repeated!