Synonyms of profaning

profaning

verb

present participle of profane

1

as in degrading

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

the once-lovely landscape had been profaned by ugly factories

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degrading
• corrupting
• subverting
• debauching
• weakening
• perverting
• destroying
• debasing
• poisoning
• deteriorating
• diluting
• humiliating
• disgracing
• damaging
• depraving
• polluting
• ruining
• bastardizing
• prostituting
• demeaning
• cheapening
• vitiating
• marring
• contaminating
• lessening
• abasing
• tainting
• shaming
• defiling
• demoralizing
• cankering
• dirtying
• warping
• harming
• hurting
• dishonoring
• impairing
• wrecking
• thinning
• humbling
• spoiling
• befouling
• tarnishing
• defacing
• staining
• watering down
• descending
• depreciating
• begriming
• taking down
• flawing
• blemishing
• downgrading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honoring
• elevating
• improving
• uplifting
• exalting
• amending
• enhancing
• ennobling
• enriching
• restoring
• perfecting
• cleaning
• respecting
• ameliorating
• dignifying
• purifying
• bettering
• cleansing
• clarifying
• refining
• meliorating

2

as in abusing

to put to a bad or improper use

profaned his considerable acting talents by appearing in some wretched movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusing
• misusing
• perverting
• misapplying
• prostituting
• degrading
• corrupting
• twisting
• desecrating
• misemploying
• mismanaging
• debasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• using
• applying
• employing
• utilizing
• respecting

3

as in violating

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect

invading troops profaned the altar by playing poker on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violating
• desecrating
• defiling
• destroying
• ruining
• ravaging
• raiding
• demolishing
• insulting
• blaspheming
• robbing
• polluting
• contaminating
• cursing
• sullying
• tainting
• wrecking
• soiling
• affronting
• swearing
• defaming
• plundering
• despoiling
• offending
• outraging
• poisoning
• stripping
• sacking
• wasting
• befouling
• fouling
• looting
• devastating
• decimating
• annihilating
• desanctifying
• razing
• deconsecrating
• pillaging
• desacralizing
• spoiling
• ransacking
• desolating
• crushing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• respecting
• sanctifying
• dedicating
• honoring
• consecrating
• blessing
• hallowing
• purging
• cleansing
• purifying