[ verb ]
■ violate the sacred character of a place or language
e.g.)
・profane the name of God
→
desecrate
,
outrage
,
violate
[ verb ]
■ corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
→
corrupt
,
debase
,
debauch
,
demoralise
,
demoralize
,
deprave
,
misdirect
,
pervert
,
subvert
,
vitiate
[ adjective satellite ]
■ characterized by profanity or cursing
e.g.)
・profane words
→
blasphemous
,
blue
[ adjective satellite ]
■ grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
e.g.)
・profane utterances against the Church
→
blasphemous
,
sacrilegious
[ adjective satellite ]
■ not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
→
unconsecrated
,
unsanctified
[ adjective ]
■ not concerned with or devoted to religion
e.g.)
・sacred and profane music
・children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
→
secular
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