profanatory

adjective

Definition of profanatorynext
as in blasphemous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profanatory
  1. blasphemous
  2. irreverent
  3. sacrilegious
  4. impious
  5. agnostic
  6. pagan
  7. ungodly
  8. unholy
Adjective
  • Many Muslims consider depictions of prophets to be blasphemous.
    Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Other critics have called the Trump Bible blasphemous.
    Richard Lardner and Dake Kang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of blasphemous
Adjective
  • For The Win's daily sports newsletter pairs the latest news from around the sports world with the smartest − yet somewhat irreverent – takes from FTW's staff.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The three books so far are deeply romantic, gorgeously tragic, smart as hell, and written in this absurd baroque, irreverent language.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of irreverent
Adjective
  • The cartoon images were deeply offensive to many Muslims, who viewed them as sacrilegious.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Grills are about elemental things—wood, fire, meat—adding Wi-Fi to that seems almost sacrilegious.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2020
Definition of sacrilegious
Adjective
  • This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.
    Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Definition of impious
Adjective
  • According to a report from The Pew Center For Research, only 3% of African-American people identified as atheist or agnostic in 2021.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The sitcom, which stars Adam Brody (who is Jewish) as a character named Noah and Kristen Bell as Joanne, tracks the budding romance of a modern rabbi and an agnostic podcaster.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of agnostic
Adjective
  • Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In a memorandum released last year, Allen's attorneys outlined an alternate theory of the girls' killings, saying evidence found at the scene mimicked rituals from a pagan Norse religion called Odinism.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Williams displayed graphics that showed off confiscated unmarked AR-15s, ammunition, and an ungodly amount of baby oil and lubricant.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ungodly
Adjective
  • After all, nothing says family reunion like depicting the unholy alliance between an evil gay billionaire and Hulk Hogan.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Thousands of them had massed at the base for an unholy pilgrimage.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of unholy
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profanations

profanatory

profane

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