profaning
Treating sacred irreverently
Profaning is treating something sacred or revered with irreverence or contempt.
One profanes a holy site by vandalizing it, profanes a memory by mocking it, profanes an oath by breaking it carelessly.
The word implies violation of something that deserves respect: He was accused of profaning the Sabbath by working.
Violating something sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- violatingInfringing upon established rules
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
dishonouring · debasing · irreverence · impiety · despoiling · abomination · dishonour · pollution
Introducing harmful contaminants
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
- corruptingCausing moral decay
- sullyingDamaging purity or honor
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
besmirching · soiling · staining · fouling · adulterating · spoiling · marring · tarnishing
Irreverence toward the sacred
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
godlessness · irreligion · cursing · swearing · unholy · sinning · transgression · desecration
Disregard for what's honored
- disrespectingShowing lack of regard
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
contempt · flippancy · disdain · ridiculing · scorning · belittling · trivializing · lampoon
Spoiling an appearance
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- despoilingForcibly stripping of possessions
- ruiningCausing complete destruction
marring · disfiguring · wrecking · sabotaging · violating · graffiti · spraypaint · tagging
desecrating
Violating something sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- violatingInfringing upon established rules
defiling · dishonouring · debasing · irreverence · impiety · despoiling · abomination · dishonour · pollution · corruption
polluting
Introducing harmful contaminants
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
- corruptingCausing moral decay
- sullyingDamaging purity or honor
defiling · besmirching · soiling · staining · fouling · adulterating · spoiling · marring · tarnishing · degrading
blasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
apostasy · godlessness · irreligion · cursing · swearing · unholy · sinning · transgression · desecration · iconoclasm
irreverence
Disregard for what's honored
- disrespectingShowing lack of regard
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
derision · contempt · flippancy · disdain · ridiculing · scorning · belittling · trivializing · lampoon · satire
defacing
Spoiling an appearance
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- despoilingForcibly stripping of possessions
ruining · marring · disfiguring · wrecking · sabotaging · violating · graffiti · spraypaint · tagging · scarring
- offendinginsulting, offending, disrespecting, affronting, slighting
- shamingshaming, humiliating, disgracing, dishonoring, degrading
- misusingabusing, mishandling, misapplying, misappropriating, misallocating
profaningconsecrating
Making officially holy
venerating · sanctifying · hallowing · blessing · glorifying
profaninghonoring
Recognizing with respect
revering · worshipping · respecting · dignifying · adoring
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