Thesaurus results for BLASPHEMING

blaspheming

verb

Definition of blaspheming next

present participle of blaspheme

as in swearing

to use offensive or indecent language shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places

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Recent Examples of blaspheming For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism. —

Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation? —

Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

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Even the film’s critic-defying, pinky-swearing fanbase may be disappointed in the barebones production, jarring plotting, tired dialogue and ham-handed staging.

— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
If Rob Manfred were to wake up tomorrow morning and decide to do away with the seventh-inning stretch, untold amounts of swearing and freaking out would ensue, even though the origins of the practice are murky and the exercise itself is largely an empty signifier.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026