blaspheme
/ˌblæsˈfiːm/ · verb
Meaning
- To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
- To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
- To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
- An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
- (by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
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