blasphemous

[ blas-fuh-muhs ]

/ ˈblæs fə məs /

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adjective

uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.

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sacrilegious, impious, irreligious; apostate, iconoclastic.

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Origin of blasphemous

1525–35; <Late Latin blasphēmus<Greek blásphēmos defaming, speaking evil, equivalent to blá(p)s(is) harm, evil (blab- harm + -sis-sis; compare bláptein to harm) + -phēmos speaking, derivative of phḗmē speech; see -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM blasphemous

blas·phe·mous·ly, adverbblas·phe·mous·ness, nounnon·blas·phe·mous, adjectivenon·blas·phe·mous·ly, adverb

non·blas·phe·mous·ness, nounsem·i·blas·phe·mous, adjectivesem·i·blas·phe·mous·ly, adverbsem·i·blas·phe·mous·ness, noun

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How to use blasphemous in a sentence

The Kenya Film Classification Board said was “blasphemous” because it promoted “values that are in dissonance with our constitution, culture, values and norms.”
Kenya seeks to ban LGBTQ movies on Netflix|Sam Kisika|September 29, 2022|Washington Blade
For me, removing doubt from faith is heresy and most evangelicals I know are blasphemous in their certainty of all things related to understanding God.
Cold War Kids’ Nathan Willett: My Evangelical Struggle|Nathan Willett|September 22, 2021|The Daily Beast
Determined to reunite his family and drawn by a desire to be with his beautiful, identical brother, Dominic soon embarks on a path that will embroil him with all the others in a blasphemous web of sex, revenge, and redemption.
LaBruce delivers shocking story of brotherly love in ‘Saint-Narcisse’|John Paul King|September 10, 2021|Washington Blade
The Bible includes a passage in the Book of Revelation that says anyone who adds to the words of the Bible will be cursed, which lead many Christians to believe that adding anything to scripture would be blasphemous, Miller said.
New Bible that includes Constitution creates controversy before it even hits market|Sarah Pulliam Bailey|May 28, 2021|Washington Post

The best parts of such a book are supposed to be blasphemous.
What Mary Thought: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Colm Tóibín|Benjamin Lytal|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In a blasphemous new novel Irish writer Colm Tóibín writes from the perspective of the Virgin Mary.
What Mary Thought: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Colm Tóibín|Benjamin Lytal|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
After hearing the blasphemous clips insulting our beloved prophet, I would not hesitate to go after revenge.
How Anti-Islam Movie Helps the Taliban|Sami Yousafzai|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Their services at first struck everyone as blasphemous; but one gets used to everything in this country.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
To any one who believes God to be omnipresent, the idea of His having ambassadors, or vicars upon earth, is blasphemous.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
This was so general a custom that the Church published an ordinance against it as an impious and blasphemous usage.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
This sounded blasphemous, while it gave me a sort of fearful joy.
The Adventures of Harry Revel|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
At these blasphemous sounds, the pillars of the sanctuary were shaken.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for blasphemous

blasphemous

/ (ˈblæsfɪməs) /

adjective

expressing or involving impiousness or gross irreverence towards God, a divine being, or something sacred

Derived forms of blasphemous

blasphemously, adverb

Word Origin for blasphemous

C15: via Late Latin, from Greek blasphēmos evil-speaking, from blapsis evil + phēmē speech

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