profaned
亵渎,亵渎的,亵渎神明,亵渎神灵
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Definitions
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- : 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.
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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.
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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!