Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
- intransitive verb To revile; execrate.
- intransitive verb To speak blasphemy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Blasphemy.
- Blasphemous.
- noun A blasphemer.
- To speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things). See
blasphemy . - To speak evil of; utter abuse or calumny against; speak reproachfully of.
- To utter blasphemy; use profane or impious words; talk profanely or disrespectfully of God or of sacred things: followed by against.
- To rail; utter abusive words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
- transitive verb Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
- intransitive verb To utter blasphemy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Things
said against theChurch orGod . - verb To commit
blasphemy ; to speakagainst God or religiousdoctrine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
- verb speak of in an irreverent or impious manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word blaspheme originally means to speak evil of any one, to injure by words, to blame unjustly.
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The fact struck me with unusual force when I dictated the word blaspheme to a group of ninth-grade students recently: They frowned at me as if all of them had suddenly developed a hearing disability.
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Because to blaspheme is to utter an affront or insult against the Creator.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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John's symbolism in the Book of Revelation was mainly designed to portray that those who "blaspheme" against God suffer in many ways.
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Some people may believe, but choose to "blaspheme" in order to make a statement about something else.
Sounds Like Fanon Rucker Is Running For Prosecutor Nathaniel Livingston 2004
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If they allowed themselves, as they sometimes did, to "blaspheme" against religion or the Tsar, they ran the risk of being maltreated on the spot.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Judas; such as blaspheme the gospel, with Alexander; and that lie and dissemble, with Ananias and Sapphira his wife.
The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan John Bunyan 1658
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And Interior Minister Rehman Malik declared that he would personally kill anyone who dared blaspheme Muhammad's name.
Confronting the Myth of 'Moderate Pakistan' Sadanand Dhume 2011
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Vezzoli's Sacrilegio seeks not to blaspheme Christian faith it lacks the epistemic fiber necessary to even rise to that level.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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Vezzoli's Sacrilegio seeks not to blaspheme Christian faith it lacks the epistemic fiber necessary to even rise to that level.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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