PROFANED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

profaned

verb

past tense of profane

as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality the once-lovely landscape had been profaned by ugly factories

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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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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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People, information, data, know-how, infrastructure, suppliers and technology are suddenly unavailable or badly degraded.

— Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The durability of these chemicals means they won’t be degraded during the manufacturing process, which can involve hundreds or even thousands of steps.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

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The act also has been sorely abused and used as a tool to stop projects, particularly housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
In 2023, the Illinois attorney general released a detailed report that identified 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers who the investigation found had abused at least 1,997 children across the state’s six Catholic dioceses.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of abused

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Frimpong concluded that plaintiffs were likely to prove the practice violated the 4th Amendment’s protection against unreasonable seizures and the 5th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
In a victory for the journalists, Kelly expanded a previous, temporary ruling that the administration had violated the news outlets’ Fifth Amendment right to due process.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of violated

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At every stop, Talarico has argued that, for too long, the wealthy and their donations have corrupted politics, and that this corruption has fueled the affordability crisis.

— STEVEN SLOAN, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
And that includes his warning that TV news has been corrupted by the agendas of the powerful, wealthy billionaires who now control a large portion of the media.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupted

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Its own models going rogue or causing catastrophe The filing says that advanced AI systems pose existential risks particularly if they are misused, weaponized, or allowed to operate with high autonomy.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Stress hormones release during exposure, and risks climb when the practice is misused.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of misused

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Then in January 2026, according to police, a potential family member reached out to police and said the mausoleum and grave of a relative at Riverview Cemetery were unlawfully desecrated in 2002.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
Skeletal remains found in a Wilmington, Delaware, park 15 years ago have been identified as a woman who died in 1907, and whose gravesite was later desecrated.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of desecrated

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From the very start, the students assigned as guards went on cruel power trips and repeatedly humiliated — if not psychologically tortured — the inmates, to the point that some of the prisoners suffered nervous breakdowns.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
The Packers come off an angry loss while the Panthers were humiliated on Sunday.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of humiliated

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Rau, wondering if his patients had been poisoned somehow, had his staff check the kitchen for contamination.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Its death, poisoned by anti-freeze in April 2020 during Spain’s COVID confinement, sparks on screen and real-life the first criminal investigation in Spain and Europe for an animal’s slaughter.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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