profane

Meaning

Adj

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.

Noun

1. A person or thing that is profane.
2. A person not a Mason.

Verb

1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

Synonyms

desecrate

defile

blasphemous

secular

violate

sacrilegious

debase

blaspheme

corrupt

impious

subvert

deprave

unconsecrated

foul

debauch

pervert

vitiate

pollute

outrage

unsanctified

worldly

irreligious

misdirect

demoralise

blue

vulgar

unholy

demoralize

open

incriminate

inculpate

infringe

jaundice

lay

mar

murder

nefarious

neglect

overlook

prostitute

risk

ruin

scorn

secularized

seduce

sinful

soil

sully

sulphurous

taint

Translations

profaner

profane

profanare

profanar

profano

profaneren

profano

entweihen

profano

ontheiligen

ontwijden

schenden

profano

blasfemo

empio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈfeɪn/

Etymology

From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).