profane

profane is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
3. adjective. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
4. adjective. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
5. adjective. 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.
6. adjective. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
7. verb. violate the sacred character of a place or language

   "desecrate a cemetery"

   "violate the sanctity of the church"

   Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, violate

8. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"

   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

   Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate

9. adjective. characterized by profanity or cursing

   "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"

   "blue language"

   Synonyms: blasphemous, blue

10. adjective. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

    "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"

    "profane utterances against the Church"

    Synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious

11. adjective. not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

    Synonyms: unconsecrated, unsanctified

12. adjective. not concerned with or devoted to religion, "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

    "sacred and profane music"

    "secular drama"

    Synonyms: secular

Synonyms

desecrate, outrage, violate, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate, blasphemous, blue, sacrilegious, unconsecrated, unsanctified, secular

Common word forms

profaned, profaner, profanes, profanely, profaning, profanement, profaneness

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