profane abuse
1Profane — Pro*fane , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See {Profane}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to …
2abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics …
3profane — [adj] immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion abusive, atheistic, blasphemous, coarse, dirty*, filthy*, foul, godless, heathen, idolatrous, impious, impure, indecent, infidel, irreligious, irreverent, irreverential, mundane, nasty, obscene,… …
4profane — I adjective bad, blasphemous, coarse, common, damnatory, dirty, disrespectful, evil, execrative, faithless, foul spoken, foulmouthed, godless, impious, impius, imprecative, imprecatory, improper, impure, indelicate, irreligious, irreverant, laic …
5profane — 1. adjective /pɹəˈfeɪn/ a) Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing. b) Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non religious matters, secular. Syn: secular, temporal …
6abuse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French abus, from Latin abusus, from abuti to consume, from ab + uti to use Date: 15th century 1. a corrupt practice or custom 2. improper or excessive use or treatment ; misuse < drug abuse > < …
7profane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vulgar; sacrilegious, impious, unhallowed. v. t. debase, desecrate, defile, pollute; abuse. See impiety.Ant., sacred. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Worldly] Syn. temporal, transitory, transient; see… …
8abuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter… …
9abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …
10profane — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Philistine, Rabelaisian, abuse, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, bad, bawdy, befoul, blasphemous, blue, calumniatory, calumnious, carnal, carnal minded, coarse, comminatory, commit sacrilege,… …
