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Adjective: profane pru'feyn- Characterized by profanity or cursing
"profane words"
- blasphemous, blue - Not concerned with or devoted to religion
"sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
- secular - Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- unconsecrated, unsanctified - Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
"profane utterances against the Church"
- blasphemous, sacrilegious
Verb: profane pru'feyn- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect - Violate the sacred character of a place or language
"profane the name of God"
- desecrate, outrage, violate
Derived forms: profanes, profaning, profaned See also: dirty, earthly, impious, irreverent, laic, lay, profanation, profanatory, profanely, profaneness, profanity, secular, temporal, unhallowed, unholy, worldly Type of: alter, assail, assault, attack, change, modify, set on Antonym: sacred Encyclopedia: Profane |