blasphemous
adjective
blas·phe·mous
ˈblas-fə-məs 
: impiously irreverent : profane
a blasphemous writer
a blasphemous epithet
The claims were blasphemous.
blasphemously
adverb
blasphemousness
noun
Examples of blasphemous in a Sentence
Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous.
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This may sound blasphemous for a Fixed Earth sign, but spontaneity works best sometimes.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
There was certainly a time when the notion of the Baltimore Orioles getting rid of Adley Rutschman would have been blasphemous.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Hermann would have thought the request blasphemous, but Dad obliged.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
There was certainly a time when the notion of the Baltimore Orioles getting rid of Adley Rutschman would have been blasphemous.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Hermann would have thought the request blasphemous, but Dad obliged.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for blasphemous
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasphemous. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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