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profane
[ pruh-feyn, proh- ]
adjective
- characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
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Antonyms:
- not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular ( sacred ).
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Antonyms:
- unholy; heathen; pagan:
profane rites.
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- not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.
- common or vulgar.
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profane
/ ˌprɒfəˈneɪʃən; -trɪ; prəˈfænətərɪ; prəˈfeɪn /
adjective
- having or indicating contempt, irreverence, or disrespect for a divinity or something sacred
- not designed or used for religious purposes; secular
- not initiated into the inner mysteries or sacred rites
- vulgar, coarse, or blasphemous
profane language
verb
- to treat or use (something sacred) with irreverence
- to put to an unworthy or improper use
Derived Forms
- profanatory, adjective
- ˈڲԱ, adverb
- ˈڲԱ, noun
- profanation, noun
- ˈڲԱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ڲԱl adverb
- ·ڲԱn noun
- ·ڲİ noun
- -·ڲԱ adjective
- ԴDzp·ڲԱ adjective
- non·ڲԱl adverb
- non·ڲԱn noun
- i··ڲԱ adjective
- semi··ڲԱl adverb
- semi··ڲԱn noun
- ܲp·ڲԱ adjective
- un·ڲԱl adverb
- un·ڲԱn noun
- ܲp·ڲԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of profane1
Example Sentences
But for the most part this typically assured performance was about the hits — crafty, passionate, sometimes profane — on which Green Day’s enduring popularity was built.
An opera disguised as an oratorio to get around the church’s ban on profane opera, the impolitic work about past and present is formed as the conflict between extravagance and sanctity.
To welcome the appellation of "b***h" is confounding on the face of it, since it was by and large recognized as a profane term of abuse.
The jokey, gleefully profane lyrics are stimulating in the moment but then quickly forgotten, like novelty songs in a clever college cabaret.
The series begins with Isla offering a more profane version of the oft-quoted Tolstoy observation that all happy families are alike, but each unhappy one is unhappy in its own way.
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