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
Verb
  • The casing worked for the electrons but couldn’t keep protons at bay, which degraded the photon detectors.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of degraded
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  • Or to feel that no one with the power to do something cares that you were abused.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Leo was to meet with seven survivors later Sunday, including one who was abused as an adult, in recognition of the new frontier of the abuse crisis facing the church.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of abused
Verb
  • Bonta said his office is investigating whether OpenAI violated any laws and vowed to use the state’s enforcement powers to protect California residents.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The suit also claims UCLA violated its federal grant terms and asks for the funds to be repaid.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of violated
Verb
  • The audience is interacting with an object that had been scanned, that had been corrupted in some way.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Obama and Biden were corrupted by donors who wanted cheap labor.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of corrupted
Verb
  • The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced Wednesday that an internal audit of the department’s ALPRs found that five officers misused the technology.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers at Google argued that the risk of the algorithm being misused or rapidly developed further if it was made public was simply too great.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 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
Verb
  • But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of humiliated
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  • The video cuts to Swift living out exactly what Johnson’s been living through, revealing that Farrell poisoned Swift, leading to her death.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In her other case, Hogan has been accused of trying to falsify a paternity test in a custody battle with her ex-fiancé, who was not the same man who was allegedly poisoned.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of poisoned
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“Profaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profaned. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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