profane

Meaning of profane

noun
  1. A person or thing that is profane.
  2. A person not a Mason.
verb
  1. To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
    One should not profane the name of God.
  2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
adjective
  1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
  2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
    profane authors
  3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
  4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
    a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

Information about profane

Hyphenation of profane

pro-fane

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • profane is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

profane synonyms

Meaning blasphemous:

blasphemous, blue, sacrilegious

Meaning unconsecrated:

unconsecrated, unsanctified

Meaning corrupt:

corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

Meaning desecrate:

desecrate, outrage, violate

Meaning :

abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, misapply, misuse, defile, unhallow, debased, ignoble, inappropriate, lewd, mean, obscene, offensive, uncouth, vulgar, godless, impious, irreligious, irreverent, secular, temporal, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, wicked, worldly

profane antonyms

Meaning :

consecrate, sanctify, holy, sacred

Translation of profane

Words that rhyme with profane

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