sacrilegious

  • 11sacrilegious — /sækrəˈlɪdʒəs/ (say sakruh lijuhs) adjective 1. guilty of sacrilege: a sacrilegious person. 2. involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices. {Latin sacrilegium sacrilege + ous} –sacrilegiously, adverb –sacrilegiousness, noun …

  • 12sacrilegious — adjective your vile language is sacrilegious Syn: profane, blasphemous, impious, sinful, irreverent, irreligious, unholy, disrespectful …

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  • 13sacrilegious — sacrilege ► NOUN ▪ violation or misuse of something regarded as sacred or as having great value. DERIVATIVES sacrilegious adjective. ORIGIN Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus stealer of sacred things …

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  • 14sacrilegious — adjective grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred blasphemous rites of a witches Sabbath profane utterances against the Church it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on • Syn: ↑blasphemous, ↑profane • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 15sacrilegious — adjective see sacrilege …

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  • 16sacrilegious — adjective /sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/ a) Committing sacrilege. b) Acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred …

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  • 17sacrilegious — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, abominable, apostate, atheistic, atrocious, backsliding, blasphemous, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, disrespectful, evil, fallen, fallen from grace, hardly the thing, heretical,… …

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  • 18sacrilegious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sinful, blasphemous, profane; see impious , wicked 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. in violation, profane, impious, blasphemous, disrespectful, irreverent, godless, unholy, sinful. ANT.: holy, reverent, pious III… …

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  • 19sacrilegious — sac|ri|le|gious [ ,sækrə lıdʒəs ] adjective 1. ) not showing respect for a holy place, object, or idea 2. ) not showing respect for something most people admire …

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  • 20sacrilegious —  Sometimes misspelled sacreligious on the mistaken assumption that religious is part of the word. It isn’t …

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