Synonyms of desecrations

desecrations

noun

plural of desecration

as in corruptions

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things

the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corruptions
• blasphemies
• violations
• impieties
• sacrileges
• insults
• profanations
• defilements
• sins
• irreverences
• contaminations
• affronts
• profanities
• pollutions
• trespasses
• debasements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worships
• adorations
• glorifications
• purifications
• consecrations
• reverences
• sanctifications
• venerations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of desecrations

These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025