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

Synonyms of blasphemous

• atheistic
• secular
• sacrilegious
• impious
• irreverent
• pagan

Examples of blasphemous in a Sentence

Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous.

Recent Examples on the Web

Where earlier heavy metal could be gloomy and occult, Sodom raised the temperature even more with gory, blasphemous lyrics, buzzsaw guitars and snarled screams. —Florian Walch, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2025

That’s because The Carpenter’s Son is not only gruesomely horror-leaning, but it’s based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which some deem heretical or even blasphemous. —Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025

Stowe is known mainly for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel profoundly informed by her Christian nationalist belief that the United States was failing in its mission to become a New Canaan, precisely because of the blasphemous practice of slavery. —Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025

To say that Judge does not have a signature October moment is blasphemous and far from the truth. —Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

see blaspheme

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above