blaspheming
Mocking the sacred
Blaspheming is speaking irreverently about God or sacred things.
The word implies deliberate disrespect toward religious beliefs—cursing God, mocking holy texts, or profaning sacred names.
In looser use, blaspheming can mean violating anything held sacred: To a purist, adding ice to single malt is blaspheming.
The noun is blasphemy; the adjective, blasphemous.
Violating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
irreligion · godlessness · sacrilege · unholy · sinful · ungodly · cursing God · profaning
Lack of regard
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- contemptDisdainful disregard
ridicule · disdain · disregard · scorn · sneering · jeering · taunting · belittling
Using profane language
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
cussing · foul language · crude · coarse · offensive · slur · invective · epithet
Defiance of established power
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- challengingHard to accomplish
- rejectingRefusing to accept
opposing · protesting · resisting · repudiating · transgressing · violating · flouting · affronting
desecration
Violating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
impiety · irreligion · godlessness · sacrilege · unholy · sinful · ungodly · cursing God · profaning · defiling
disrespect
Lack of regard
contempt · ridicule · disdain · disregard · scorn · sneering · jeering · taunting · belittling · demeaning
cursing
Using profane language
expletive · cussing · foul language · crude · coarse · offensive · slur · invective · epithet · malediction
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- challengingHard to accomplish
rejecting · opposing · protesting · resisting · repudiating · transgressing · violating · flouting · affronting
- offendinginsulting, offending, disrespecting, affronting, slighting
- shamingshaming, humiliating, disgracing, dishonoring, degrading
blasphemingworshipping
Expressing religious devotion
glorifying · venerating · praising · revering · praying
blasphemingsanctifying
Making sacred or holy
consecrating · blessing · testifying · prophesying · preaching
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