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as in temporal
not involving religion or religious matters
it was hard to juggle the requirements of church and our more profane duties
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as in atheistical
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
offended by the profane language that her coworkers used so casually
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
his idea of dinner table conversation is the telling of profane stories about his alleged sexual exploits
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as in to corrupt
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
the once-lovely landscape had been profaned by ugly factories
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as in to misuse
to put to a bad or improper use
profaned his considerable acting talents by appearing in some wretched movies
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as in to violate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
invading troops profaned the altar by playing poker on it
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Recent Examples of profane
Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Miami Heat star center Bam Adebayo was fined a hefty amount after making inappropriate contact with and directing profane language toward a game official.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
The narrative is that of a leader who has experienced vilification at the hands of enemies who are both secular (and thus profane) and intensely demonic.
—Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
See All Example Sentences for profane
Adjective
Well, who better to judge than the king of profane movies, Martin Scorsese.
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Her husband, the exuberant and often profane former Dodgers manager who won two World Series championships, died Jan. 7 at 93.
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Bill Murray got emotional talking about his old pal Bruce Willis, who has been battling frontal temporal dementia and aphasia for the past several years.—
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There are several astronomical functions, but the most entertaining one is the temporal tracking of celestial observations.—
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Presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in 1976 as part of a group show of artists’ books, Santoro’s volume was immediately censored as obscene and offensive.—
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Cybertruck owners have shared displays of hostility from other motorists on a Facebook page, including vulgar notes left on their vehicles and obscene gestures directed at them from passing cars.—
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Banks couldn’t simply restore from backups because those records had also been corrupted.—
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Examples include divulging end users’ confidential contacts or emails and delivering falsified answers that have the potential to corrupt the integrity of important calculations.—
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However, her hopes for political ascent hit a roadblock when she and 24 other officials in her party, the National Rally, were accused in November of misusing European Parliament funds between 2004 and 2016.—
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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith also criticized the Rolling Stone piece for allegedly misusing his quotes regarding a December 2021 incident during which Hawkins allegedly lost consciousness while on a flight to Chicago.—
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Not the least of which is that the terms of the settlement clearly violate antitrust law, which was the grounds for the lawsuit in the first place.—
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Earlier in the episode, Whitfield and Lindy violate Mabel — then pour hot coffee on her — before Whitfield pushes her down on the breakfast table and rapes her.—
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If the businesses are sold at a good price, DuPont can take the cash proceeds and buy businesses in secular growing industries like water and health care.—
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But Pew also found in a separate survey that more than one in five Israeli Jews had switched between Jewish religious sectors — going from secular to religious Zionist, for example, or traditional to haredi Orthodox.—
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The childish use of vulgar profanity simply leads peoople to view the speaker as being unable to express his/her view.—
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Along with receiving vulgar comments in person and people taking her picture on campus, the 18-year-old has received vile and sexist messages after her phone number was posted online.—
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Thimerosal degrades into ethylmercury, which was judged not to be a danger at the level that would come from a vaccine.—
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The quality degrades a bit after the sun goes down.—
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“Profane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profane. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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