profane

Adjective
  1. Characterized by profanity or cursing (synset 300426521)
    "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
  2. Not concerned with or devoted to religion (synset 302064284)
    "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
  3. Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled (synset 302062330)
  4. Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred (synset 302019844)
    "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
Verb
  1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (synset 202585532)
    "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
  2. Violate the sacred character of a place or language (synset 202573980)
    "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

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