blasphemy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.

Synonyms

profanity

desecration

profanation

sacrilege

curse

swearing

defilement

impiety

scorn

swear

cursing

irreverence

abuse

mockery

oath

reproach

reviling

ridicule

scoff

target

twit

violation

foul language

sacrilegiousness

blaspheme

unsanctification

blaze

contempt

cuss

derision

disparagement

disrespect

fleer

gibe

insult

jeer

malediction

mock

Translations

blasphème

blasfemia

Blasphemie

Gotteslästerung

bestemmia

blasfèmia

βλασφημία

godslastering

blasfêmia

blasfémia

sacrilège

blasfemie

blasphemia

blasfemia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblæs.fə.mi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blasfemye

In summary

From Middle English blasfemye, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).