profane
adjective
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
profaned
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past participleof profane.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof profane.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
profaneadjectivecharacterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
Example Sentences
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This is both a twilight and a twilight zone; every virtue is a simulation of itself, a hollow or profaned image.
From The New Yorker ● May 21, 2019
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2015
When the call comes from Chau that set this scene in motion, as Mike plays with Kaylee, we feel with him how his one last standing temple has been profaned.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2012
Yet the opera’s few tender moments, set to what seemed like profaned echoes of Wagner’s “Tristan,” had a warmth that was gripping.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2010
Everest, the purists sniffed, had been debased and profaned.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
