Definition of profane

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Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious..

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Common :: Common (v.) Profane; polluted.
Impious :: Impious (a.) Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language..
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language..
Inviolable :: Inviolable (a.) Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine..
Swearing :: Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing..
Desecrater :: Desecrater (n.) One who desecrates; a profaner.
Profaned :: Profaned (imp. & p. p.) of Profan.
Foul-spoken :: Foul-spoken (a.) Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language..
Disgraceful :: Disgraceful (a.) Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man..
Unhallowed :: Unhallowed (a.) Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked..
Disreputable :: Disreputable (a.) Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane..
Profanity :: Profanity (n.) That which is profane; profane language or acts.
Unhallow :: Unhallow (v. t.) To profane; to desecrate.
Prophane :: Prophane (a. & v. t.) See Profane.
Irreligious :: Irreligious (a.) Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech..
Profaneness :: Profaneness (n.) The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language..
Profanity :: Profanity (n.) The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy..
Blasphemous :: Blasphemous (a.) Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature..
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