blasphemous

adjective

blas·phe·mous ˈblas-fə-məs

Synonyms of blasphemous next

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web But there are other indications—the scale and intensity of the attacks and the inclusion of a Jewish target alongside the blasphemous cartoonists—that suggest that last week’s events may also be the continuation of an unfinished chapter in French history: the Algerian war. —

Jonathan Laurence, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2015 The result is a highly entertaining, highly blasphemous tale about the men who want the papacy. —

Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024 More interesting still is the note of blasphemous danger: in this way, these stories function like theological safety valves. —

James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 Few movies have been quite as misunderstood by the religious right as Monty Python’s second film, which was declared to be blasphemous by people who’d never seen it. —

Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blasphemous

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