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The definition of blaspheme is to use God's name to speak in an irreverent manner.

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When you slam your finger in a drawer and shout "G*d darn it!" this is an example of a time when you blaspheme.

See blaspheme in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to speak irreverently or profanely of or to (God or sacred things)
to curse or revile

Origin: ME blasfemen < OFr blasfemer < LL(Ec) blasphemare < Gr blasphēmein, to speak evil of, in LGr(Ec), blaspheme < blas- (< ?) + phēmē, utterance: see fame

intransitive verb

to utter blasphemy

Related Forms:

blasphemer noun

See blaspheme in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb blas·phemed, blas·phem·ing, blas·phemes

verb, transitive

To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
To revile; execrate.

verb, intransitive

To speak blasphemy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English blasfemen

Origin: , from Old French blasfemer

Origin: , from Late Latin blasphēmāre

Origin: , from Greek blasphēmein

Origin: , from blasphēmos, evil-speaking, blasphemous; see bhā-² in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

blas·phemˈer (blăs-fēˈmər, blăsˈfə-) noun

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