blaspheme
verb /blæsˈfiːm/
/blæsˈfiːm/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blaspheme | /blæsˈfiːm/ /blæsˈfiːm/ |
| he / she / it blasphemes | /blæsˈfiːmz/ /blæsˈfiːmz/ |
| past simple blasphemed | /blæsˈfiːmd/ /blæsˈfiːmd/ |
| past participle blasphemed | /blæsˈfiːmd/ /blæsˈfiːmd/ |
| -ing form blaspheming | /blæsˈfiːmɪŋ/ /blæsˈfiːmɪŋ/ |
- blaspheme (somebody/something) to speak about God or the holy things of a particular religion in an offensive way; to swear using the names of God or holy things
- How dare you blaspheme in front of your own father?
- blaspheme somebody/something He was accused of blaspheming the prophet.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’. Compare with blame.