to profane

Examples

• All

• Do not profane the temple of God!

  Salomé (1923)

• How could you profane this moment with chatter like that?

  Kismet (1944)

• How dare you profane this place with your presence?

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

• Your presence profanes this holy place.

  Children of the Corn (1984)

• You are profaning the Holy Church to save your skin.

  A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

• Her presence here profanes all Israel!

  Solomon and Sheba (1959)

• Don't profane his name with your dirty lips.

  House of Frankenstein (1944)

• "Are you the sort of men who profane the Lord's Day?" Christopher hadn't even known that it was Sunday.

  Fiction book (1993)

• In chapter 36, we see that wherever Israel went, they "profaned" the name of the Lord.

  Blog text (18)

• Please forgive us where we have profaned what's important to You by treating it as common or insignificant.

  Blog text (1)

Synonyms

V

to violate

vsto profane

67 4.9

Treat a place, object, or tradition in a way that shows no respect

focuses specifically on treating sacred things with irreverence

D

to desecrate

vsto profane

44 8.1

To damage or show disrespect to a holy place, for example a grave

focuses on treating holy things with irreverence rather than physical harm

O

to outrage

vsto profane

• Formal

2 7.9

Treat a holy place or object with disrespect

is about showing irreverence rather than causing public shock

D

to defile sacred ground

vsto profane

9.9

Treat a holy place like a temple with disrespect by damaging or polluting it

applies more widely to sacred things not only to places

Antonyms

S

to sanctify

24 7.4

To make a person or place holy with a religious ceremony

How Irreverent

to blaspheme

• Offensive

5 9.6

to desecrate

44 8.1

to defile

38 8.6

to profane

4 7.2

to dishonor

• US

48 5.3

to disrespect

115 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology