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[ blas-fuh-muhs ] / ˈblæs fə məs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blasphemous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveuttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane. Origin of blasphemous1525–35; <Late Latin blasphēmus<Greek blásphēmos defaming, speaking evil, equivalent to blá(p)s(is) harm, evil (blab- harm + -sis-sis; compare bláptein to harm) + -phēmos speaking, derivative of phḗmē speech; see -ous SYNONYMS FOR blasphemoussacrilegious, impious, irreligious; apostate, iconoclastic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR blasphemous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM blasphemousblas·phe·mous·ly, adverbblas·phe·mous·ness, nounnon·blas·phe·mous, adjectivenon·blas·phe·mous·ly, adverb non·blas·phe·mous·ness, nounsem·i·blas·phe·mous, adjectivesem·i·blas·phe·mous·ly, adverbsem·i·blas·phe·mous·ness, noun Words nearby blasphemousBlarney stone, blart, Blasco Ibáñez, blasé, blaspheme, blasphemous, blasphemy, blast, blast cell, blasted, blastema Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blasphemousThe best parts of such a book are supposed to be blasphemous. What Mary Thought: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Colm Tóibín|Benjamin Lytal|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST In a blasphemous new novel Irish writer Colm Tóibín writes from the perspective of the Virgin Mary. What Mary Thought: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Colm Tóibín|Benjamin Lytal|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST After hearing the blasphemous clips insulting our beloved prophet, I would not hesitate to go after revenge. How Anti-Islam Movie Helps the Taliban|Sami Yousafzai|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST They seem, those unhallowed pagan alcoves, mounting stage by stage toward the skies, like some blasphemous insinuation. Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper
Some of their tenets were blasphemous, some indecent, and others ridiculously absurd. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett The enemies of Harvard will find lots of blasphemous texts in him to injure us withal. The Letters of William James, Vol. II|William James Well, but could you not prevent this accursed, sacrilegious, blasphemous union? The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain|William Carleton A pox o your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog! The Tempest|William Shakespeare
British Dictionary definitions for blasphemous
adjectiveexpressing or involving impiousness or gross irreverence towards God, a divine being, or something sacred Derived forms of blasphemousblasphemously, adverbWord Origin for blasphemousC15: via Late Latin, from Greek blasphēmos evil-speaking, from blapsis evil + phēmē speech Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blasphemoussacrilegious, profane, disrespectful, insulting, godless, impious, irreligious, swearing, ungodly, cursing, profanatory |