blaspheme

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
2. (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
3. (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.

Synonyms

curse

swear

cuss

desecrate

defile

slander

defame

profane

imprecate

humiliate

insult

revile

denigrate

abuse

twit

undermine

violate

be foul-mouthed

utter blasphemy

vum

blasphemy

criticise character

cod

criticize

denounce

deride

guy

jeer

lampoon

laugh at

mock

ridicule

ruin

spoof

stooge

Translations

bestemmiare

blasphémer

blasfemar

βλασφημώ

vloeken

blasfemar

fluchen

lästern

jurer

jurar

blasphemare

ketteren

Gott lästern

vervloeken

küfretmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌblæsˈfiːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blasfemen

In summary

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.