profaned
Violated something sacred
Profaned is the past tense of profane, meaning to treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect.
A church is profaned by vandalism, a holy text by mockery, a grave by desecration.
The word extends to anything held in high regard: He profaned the memory of the founders with his corruption.
To profane is to violate sanctity, whether religious or secular.
Violated something sacred
- violatedBroke a rule
- defiledMade foul or impure
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- vandalizedWillfully damaged or destroyed
defaced · ruined · ravaged · devastated · plundered · demolished · damaged · destroyed
Contaminated, made impure
- debasedReduced in worth
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- pervertedMorally corrupted or distorted
- sulliedMade morally unclean
polluted · vitiated · adulterated · contaminated · degraded · spoiled · blemished · stained
Grossly irreverent toward sanctity
- impiousLacking religious respect
- unholyWicked, impious, sinful
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- irreligiousNot devout or pious
heretical · iconoclastic · apostate · cursed · damned · accursed · ungodly · heathen
Ridiculed or scorned
- disrespectedTreated with contempt
- scornedRegarded with contempt
- deridedExpressed scorn toward
- ridiculedSubjected to contemptuous laughter
belittled · demeaned · disparaged · slighted · sneered · scoffed · jeered · trivialized
desecrated
Violated something sacred
vandalized · defaced · ruined · ravaged · devastated · plundered · demolished · damaged · destroyed · marred
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
sullied · polluted · vitiated · adulterated · contaminated · degraded · spoiled · blemished · stained · impure
sacrilegious
Grossly irreverent toward sanctity
irreligious · heretical · iconoclastic · apostate · cursed · damned · accursed · ungodly · heathen · infidel
mocked
Ridiculed or scorned
- disrespectedTreated with contempt
- scornedRegarded with contempt
- deridedExpressed scorn toward
ridiculed · belittled · demeaned · disparaged · slighted · sneered · scoffed · jeered · trivialized · diminished
profanedconsecrated
Declared sacred through ritual
sanctified · hallowed · blessed · dedicated · sacrosanct
- profane languageVulgar or obscene speech
- profanity filterSystem blocking offensive speech
- profane humorComedy featuring coarse language
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