Blaspheme Definition

blăs-fēm, blăsfēm
blasphemed, blasphemes, blaspheming
verb
blasphemed, blasphemes, blaspheming
To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
American Heritage
To speak irreverently or profanely of or to (God or sacred things)
Webster's New World
To utter blasphemy.
Webster's New World
To revile; execrate.
American Heritage
To curse or revile.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun

Things said against religion or a god.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Blaspheme

Noun

Singular:
blaspheme
Plural:
blasphemes

Origin of Blaspheme

  • Middle English blasfemen from Old French blasfemer from Late Latin blasphēmāre from Greek blasphēmein from blasphēmos evil-speaking, blasphemous bhā-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French blaspheme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmō, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasfēmō).

    From Wiktionary

Blaspheme Sentence Examples

  • Some of them, who denied that they had ever been Christians, had consented to pray to the gods, to adore the image of the emperor, and to blaspheme Christ; these he had dismissed.

  • Then followed the tremendous warning, that to assign His work to Satan, and so to call good evil, was to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit - the one sin which admitted of no forgiveness.

  • You cannot be a Satanist and not blaspheme against other religions, so have fun, go forth and blaspheme against other religions, so have fun, go forth and blaspheme.

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