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Synonyms & Antonyms of sacrilegious
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
- a sacrilegious, obscene joke—and told in church at that!
Synonyms for sacrilegious
Words Related to sacrilegious
- agnostic,
- atheistic
- (or atheistical)
- godless,
- heretical
- (also heretic),
- irreligious,
- miscreant,
- nonreligious,
- religionless,
- secular
Near Antonyms for sacrilegious
- devout,
- God-fearing,
- godly,
- holy,
- prayerful,
- religious,
- sainted,
- saintly,
- worshipful,
- worshipping
- (also worshiping)
Antonyms for sacrilegious
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The first known use of sacrilegious was in 1582
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