profaned

verb

past tense of profane
1
as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality the once-lovely landscape had been profaned by ugly factories

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2
as in abused
to put to a bad or improper use profaned his considerable acting talents by appearing in some wretched movies

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3
as in violated
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect invading troops profaned the altar by playing poker on it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profaned
  1. degraded
  2. abused
  3. violated
  4. corrupted
  5. misused
  6. desecrated
  7. humiliated
  8. poisoned
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  • The filing argued the sequence of testing was critical because Othram's single nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP, testing requires DNA that has not already been depleted or degraded through prior analysis.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Global conflict has already degraded the collaborative atmosphere at CERN, Llewellyn Smith said.
    — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of degraded
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  • Booth said Jake Haro physically abused the children after the investigation.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Several years after his arrest, four former students alleged in a civil complaint that Kester abused and groomed them at various times from 1998 to 2021.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of abused
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  • The bill would give the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission the power to fine influencers and committees if they are found to have violated the law, allowing the commission to bypass the court process.
    — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Religious speakers allege their First Amendment rights were violated when law enforcement intercepted their public expression of beliefs.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of violated
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  • Most of the other relationships in the movie are hopelessly corrupted or poisoned in some way, as Letty moves between an unloving mother and a vengeful former lover, and others whose closeness is a weapon to be feared.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 28 July 2026
  • The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health.
    — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
Definition of corrupted
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  • The main reason that high-quality asset protection structures are penetrated is because they were misused or disregarded.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Identity monitoring goes a step further by watching for signs your personal information is being misused.
    — Evan Zimmer, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of misused
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  • The measure adds new grounds to Argentina’s immigration law, allowing authorities to bar, deport and revoke visas of people found to have promoted hatred against Argentines in spoken or written statements or who have desecrated national symbols.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Those are the kinds of things that can't be broken into or taken away or desecrated.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Definition of desecrated
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  • Online Israel critics, whose numbers multiplied throughout 2026, humiliated Stevens.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The moment is a deliberate callback to the premiere, when Max seized a microphone at a fundraiser and humiliated Anna in public.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of humiliated
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  • One of the children suffered fatal sharp-force injuries, while investigators believe the other three children were poisoned.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Kenya has previously recorded incidents of elephants being poisoned as a result of poaching and human-wildlife conflict.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of poisoned
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