Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate, desecrate
Definition: violate the sacred character of a place or language
Usage: desecrate a cemetery; violate the sanctity of the church; profane the name of God
Similar words: set on, assail, assault, attack
Definition: attack someone physically or emotionally
Usage: The mugger assaulted the woman; Nightmares assailed him regularly
Synonyms: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, corrupt, subvert, profane, misdirect, pervert, vitiate
Definition: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Usage: debauch the young people with wine and women; Socrates was accused of corrupting young men; Do school counselors subvert young children?; corrupt the morals
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: profane, blasphemous, blue
Definition: characterized by profanity or cursing
Usage: foul-mouthed and blasphemous; blue language; profane words
Similar words: dirty
Definition: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
Usage: dirty words; a dirty old man; dirty books and movies; boys telling dirty jokes; has a dirty mouth
Synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious, profane
Definition: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Usage: blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath; profane utterances against the Church; it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
Similar words: irreverent
Definition: showing lack of due respect or veneration
Usage: irreverent scholars mocking sacred things; noisy irreverent tourists
Synonyms: unconsecrated, profane, unsanctified
Definition: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
Similar words: unhallowed, unholy
Definition: not hallowed or consecrated
Definition: not concerned with or devoted to religion
Usage: sacred and profane music; secular drama; secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Similar words: secular, laic, lay
Definition: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Usage: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position; the lay ministry
Similar words: profanatory
Definition: profaning or tending to desecrate