Blasphemous Definition

blăsfə-məs
adjective
Committing or tending to commit blasphemy.
American Heritage
Characterized by blasphemy; irreverent or profane.
Webster's New World
Constituting blasphemy.
American Heritage

Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.

His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous.
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Origin of Blasphemous

  • Middle English blasfemous from Late Latin blasphēmus from Greek blasphēmos from blasphēmein to blaspheme blaspheme

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Blasphemous Sentence Examples

  • Thou dreamest that thou art wise because thou couldst utter those blasphemous words, he went on, with a somber and scornful smile.

  • In 1619 he was accused of blasphemous and indecent writings, and was banished from Paris.

  • This declaration disturbs the rabbis, who regard it as a blasphemous usurpation of Divine authority.

  • Christian, who loved to figure as "the friend of God, the enemy of the priests," is sometimes called "the mad bishop," and was a merciless, coarse, and blasphemous man.

  • In 1763 he was condemned for blasphemous libel in his paper called the Free Enquirer (nine numbers only).

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