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profane
Synonyms and Antonyms of profane
1
not involving religion or religious matters
2
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
agnostic, atheistic (or atheistical)
godless, heretical (also heretic), irreligious, miscreant, nonreligious, religionless, secular
devout, God-fearing, godly, holy, prayerful, religious, sainted, saintly, worshipful, worshipping (also worshiping)
3
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive
barnyard, earthy, scatological
immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming
depraved, kinky, louche, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked
exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome
abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting
distasteful, obnoxious, unpleasant
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome
appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable
immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal
approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned
profane
Synonyms and Antonyms of profane
1
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
2
to put to a bad or improper use
3
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctify
befoul, contaminate, foul, poison, pollute, soil, sully, taint
affront, defame, insult, offend, outrage
annihilate, crush, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, waste, wreck
despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack, spoil, strip
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