profanatory

adjective

Definition of profanatorynext
as in blasphemous

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  1. blasphemous
  2. irreverent
  3. sacrilegious
  4. impious
  5. agnostic
  6. pagan
  7. ungodly
  8. unholy
Adjective
  • Rushdie has received death threats ever since 1989, starting with the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses, which was declared by some as blasphemous.
    — KC Baker, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The piece was dubbed blasphemous by many Muslims and has been banned in Iran since 1988.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of blasphemous
Adjective
  • The irreverent former late-night host will make a repeat performance as host of the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Lobo, who has a violent and irreverent personality, hails from the planet Czarnia.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of irreverent
Adjective
  • Drinking a Bloody Mary at night just feels wrong and confusing, sacrilegious even, which is hilarious because everything else goes.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver understandably defended mounting criticism of the 3-point shot, and saying anything else would have been sacrilegious in the house Steph Curry built with his unparalleled 3-point prowess.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Definition of sacrilegious
Adjective
  • This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.
    — Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 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
  • Season 1 of the series, which follows the unlikely romance between an agnostic podcaster and a rabbi, spent six weeks in Netflix’s Global English Top 10 TV List and reached the Top 10 in 89 countries.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
  • One study found Republicans believed 30 percent of Democrats are atheist or agnostic.
    — Melinda Burrell, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of agnostic
Adjective
  • Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a lot of folklore, superstition and myth — pagan elements really, that are folded into how people actually practice religion in Ireland.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • The plan is to engineer it for an ungodly output of 1,500 hp, while keeping its weight just under 1,543 lb (700 kg).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This brings us back to Dallas, where the QB is uniquely positioned to leverage the Cowboys into paying him an ungodly amount of money.
    — Austin Mock, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of ungodly
Adjective
  • Puked, out-duked and oft rebuked this holy day’s unholy hat trick.
    — Emily St. Martin, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article An NYPD chaplain had an unholy hookup, according to police.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of unholy
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