sacrilegious
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9.0
- adjective
- /ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs/
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sacrílego
- The hollow beating of his footsteps seems a sacrilegious sound.
- almost sacrilegious
- seems sacrilegious
And I'll quote the Bible, but, and I don't mean to be sacrilegious in which we live and move and have our being in these propositions.
- And I'll quote the Bible, but, and I don't mean to be sacrilegious in which we live and move and have our being in these propositions.
- That sounds to most people when they, when they hear it, especially in our nothing but growth business model, it sounds to people like it's sacrilegious.
Examples
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To say a prayer at a moment like this seemed crude and sacrilegious, desperate and artificial.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Everyone else thinks it's a scandal or sacrilegious or just plain wrong."
Fiction book (1992) -
And he came off of that job, and he just made, in his opinion, the most kind of sacrilegious thing he could do.
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And for some people, for some Muslims, it seemed like a sacrilegious thing to do.
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I mean, not only is this illegal, it's sacrilegious.
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I don't want to be sacrilegious, but I think this could be love.
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There's just something sacrilegious about a school after hours.
Fiction book (2001) -
The look is elegant and sacrilegious and makes me feel sacred and immoral.
Fiction book (1999) -
That's sacrilegious, isn't it?
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Many people considered the artwork to be sacrilegious because it depicted religious figures in an unholy manner.
Synonyms
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8.4
Showing disrespect for things people consider holy
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7.2
Not showing respect for people or things most people respect
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7.7
Showing no respect for holy things and often using rude words
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9.6
Not showing respect for God or sacred things
Showing disrespect for things people think are holy
Antonyms
How Disrespectful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sacrilegious comes from Latin parts sacer 'sacred' and legere 'to take or gather', and at first meant a person who took things from a holy place. The legere part is the same idea as in collect 'gather'. So something sacrilegious shows great disrespect for what is sacred, like stealing or misusing holy objects.