as in atheistic
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous
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Recent Examples of blasphemous
When a blasphemous pop star threatens to upend their happy life and displace the sisters, Mother Constance sets out to save the convent by any means necessary.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
But isn't the whole idea blasphemous?
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
This may sound blasphemous for a Fixed Earth sign, but spontaneity works best sometimes.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Hermann would have thought the request blasphemous, but Dad obliged.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemous
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Iran is a theocratic republic rooted ideologically in Shiite Islam while Venezuela is a socialist and secular regime.—
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Concern was higher among older and secular Israelis.—
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Not playing Notre Dame anymore is sacrilegious.—
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That some do not agree with our message does not render our display sacrilegious or is the cause of any 'scandal' to the faithful.—
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While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.—
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
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Musk has marketed Grok as more fun and irreverent than other chatbots, taking pride in X being a place for free speech.—
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.—
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Over the course of that months-long reporting, a picture has emerged of the radical characters involved with the property, including a notorious neo-Nazi family and a pagan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter.—
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The History of Hanukkah More than 2,000 years ago, Antiochus, a cruel ruler of the Greek Kingdom, imposed pagan beliefs on the Jewish people.—
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemous. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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