as in atheistical
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
In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
While paella has traveled far beyond Spain’s borders—often in versions that are blasphemous to the locals—this region is its ancestral home.
—Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
For me, being a man controlled by God, things that are blasphemous always alert me.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 May 2025
Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.
—Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
While paella has traveled far beyond Spain’s borders—often in versions that are blasphemous to the locals—this region is its ancestral home.
—Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
For me, being a man controlled by God, things that are blasphemous always alert me.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 May 2025
Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.
—Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemous
Adjective
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Any extra trimmings would land somewhere between glib and sacrilegious.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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Drinking a Bloody Mary at night just feels wrong and confusing, sacrilegious even, which is hilarious because everything else goes.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Herzl and many other Zionist luminaries came from secular backgrounds, but the movement also included more observant Jews.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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The strong gains look set to continue for TSLA from a technical perspective, noting the stock is far from overbought territory per the monthly stochastics, and the upper boundary of a secular uptrend channel puts resistance above $500.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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The second is an indie approach that’s often more confrontational, irreverent and angry at the injustice and indifference AIDS patients faced.—
Scott Malia,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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The whole this is very slapstick and irreverent, and the story is advanced almost exclusively by wacky deus ex machinas.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemous. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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