as in atheistic
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous
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Recent Examples of blasphemous
To say that Judge does not have a signature October moment is blasphemous and far from the truth.
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
When a blasphemous pop star threatens to upend their happy life and displace the sisters, Mother Constance sets out to save the convent by any means necessary.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
But isn't the whole idea blasphemous?
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
This may sound blasphemous for a Fixed Earth sign, but spontaneity works best sometimes.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
When a blasphemous pop star threatens to upend their happy life and displace the sisters, Mother Constance sets out to save the convent by any means necessary.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
But isn't the whole idea blasphemous?
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
This may sound blasphemous for a Fixed Earth sign, but spontaneity works best sometimes.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemous
Adjective
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A student’s religious viewpoint must be treated the same way as a student’s secular viewpoint, and district officials are barred from discriminating against a student based on their religious views.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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The court found that the law had no secular purpose but served a plainly religious purpose.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Not playing Notre Dame anymore is sacrilegious.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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That some do not agree with our message does not render our display sacrilegious or is the cause of any 'scandal' to the faithful.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
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Her father, a jeweler, is known for his irreverent and often macabre designs.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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The group – which touts itself as a pagan collective that worships Norse gods – also took credit for originally catapulting Springfield onto the national stage by amplifying ugly memes about the Haitians.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom of the composition is the figure of Charon, a personage from Greek mythology who rowed souls over the river Styx to enter the pagan underworld.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemous. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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