blasphemed
Mocked the divine
Blasphemed is the past tense of blaspheme, meaning to speak irreverently about God or sacred things.
The word carries weight in religious contexts where such speech is considered sinful: He blasphemed against the Holy Spirit.
More loosely, it describes any grave disrespect toward something held sacred: Critics said the remake blasphemed the original film.
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- contemptDisdainful disregard
disdain · revile · mock · deride · sneer · jeer · taunt · lampoon
Violating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
defilement · sacrilegious · unholy · godlessness · irreligion · iconoclasm · abomination · transgression
Spoken false defamation
- vilifyAttack someone's reputation
- malignAttack someone's reputation
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- calumniateSpread false damaging statements
traduce · asperse · libel · smear · defame · besmirch · disparage · impugn
Invoked harm through words
- swearVow or use profanity
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
cuss · oath · invective · epithets · foul-mouthed · cursing · swearing · damnation
Not allowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- inviolableImpossible to breach
- proscribedFormally forbidden by authority
verboten · unutterable · unspeakable · holy · sacred · divine · consecrated · hallowed
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
contempt · disdain · revile · mock · deride · sneer · jeer · taunt · lampoon · satirize
desecration
Violating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
impiety · defilement · sacrilegious · unholy · godlessness · irreligion · iconoclasm · abomination · transgression · violation
slander
Spoken false defamation
- vilifyAttack someone's reputation
- malignAttack someone's reputation
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
calumniate · traduce · asperse · libel · smear · defame · besmirch · disparage · impugn · denounce
curse
Invoked harm through words
vulgarity · cuss · oath · invective · epithets · foul-mouthed · cursing · swearing · damnation · perdition
forbidden
Not allowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- inviolableImpossible to breach
proscribed · verboten · unutterable · unspeakable · holy · sacred · divine · consecrated · hallowed · sanctified
blasphemedworshipped
Regarded with religious devotion
glorified · revered · venerated · hallowed · sanctified
- blasphemy lawsProhibitions on religious insult
- blasphemy chargesFormal accusations of irreverence
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