profane

1. a. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place. Source: opted

2. a. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. Source: opted

3. a. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. Source: opted

4. a. word/irreverent">Irreverent in word/language">language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue. Source: opted

5. a. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God. Source: opted

6. a. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. Source: opted

7. adj. characterized by profanity or cursing Source: wordnet

8. adj. not concerned with or devoted to religion Source: wordnet

9. adj. not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled Source: wordnet

10. adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred Source: wordnet

11. v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Source: wordnet

12. v. violate the sacred character of a place or language Source: wordnet

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