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- Dictionaryblasphemous/ˈblasfəməs/
adjective
- 1. sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane: "blasphemous and heretical talk"
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(of speech or writing) showing lack of respect to God or to a religion: Some people believe such art is blasphemous. blasphemy. noun [ U ] us / ˈblæs·fə·mi / His writing has been condemned for blasphemy. (Definition of blasphemous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: impiously irreverent : profane. a blasphemous writer. a blasphemous epithet. The claims were blasphemous. blasphemously adverb. blasphemousness noun. Synonyms. impious. irreverent. profane. sacrilegious. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of blasphemous in a Sentence.
Blasphemous is an adjective that describes profane words and actions, especially when they are connected to something religious. Blasphemous comes from a Greek word that means “evil-speaking,” but actions as well as words can be blasphemous.
Blasphemy, in a religious sense, refers to great disrespect shown to God or to something holy, or to something said or done that shows this kind of disrespect; heresy refers a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion.
Blasphemous definition: uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.. See examples of BLASPHEMOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. expressing or involving impiousness or gross irreverence towards God, a divine being, or something sacred. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. blasphemously (ˈblasphemously) adverb. Word origin.
blasphemous - grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
