blasphemy

Noun

Meaning

An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.

Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

desecration sacrilege profanation violation profanity execration swearing imprecation cursing cussing paganism billingsgate oath heresy apostasy
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Antonyms

worship reverence adoration maidenhead creed temperance
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Hypernyms

violation profanity disrespect irreverence discourtesy

Related terms

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger. Ephrem the Syrian

Blasphemy has always seemed to require taking things very seriously. Donna Haraway

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. George Bernard Shaw

That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles. Martin Luther

In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy. Leo Tolstoy

Close letter words and terms

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