| Main Entry: | sacrilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irreverence |
Synonyms: |
blasphemy, crime, curse, desecration, heresy, impiety, mockery, offense, profanation, profaneness, profanity, sin, violation |
Antonyms: |
piety, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | blasphemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irreverence |
Synonyms: |
abuse, cursing, cussing, desecration, execration, heresy, impiety, impiousness, imprecation, indignity, lewdness, profanation, profaneness, profanity, reviling, sacrilege, scoffing, scurrility, swearing, vituperation |
Antonyms: |
godliness, piety, religion, religiousness, reverence |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful, swearing remark |
Synonyms: |
anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cuss word, cussing, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, vilification, whammy |
Antonyms: |
compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | desecration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, abuse |
Synonyms: |
blasphemy, debasement, defilement, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege |
Antonyms: |
honor, praise, sanctification |
| Main Entry: | disrespect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard, rudeness toward someone |
Synonyms: |
boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, flippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, insolentness, irreverence, lack of respect, sacrilege, unmannerliness |
Antonyms: |
civility, esteem, honor, regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | profanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul language |
Synonyms: |
abuse, blasphemy, curse, cursing, cuss, cuss word, dirty language, dirty name, dirty word, execration, four-letter word, impiety, imprecation, irreverence, malediction, no-no, obscenity, profaneness, sacrilege, swearing, swearword, taboo |
Antonyms: |
clean language |
| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break a law, agreement |
Synonyms: |
breach, contaminate, contravene, defy, disobey, disregard, disrupt, encroach, err, infract, infringe, meddle, offend, oppose, outrage, profane, resist, sacrilege, sin, tamper with, trample on, transgress, trespass, withstand |
Antonyms: |
obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | violation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rape, defilement |
Synonyms: |
assault, blasphemy, debasement, defacement, defacing, degradation, desecration, destruction, devastation, dishonor, invasion, mistreatment, outrage, pollution, profanation, rapine, ravishment, ruin, sacrilege, spoliation |
| Main Entry: | impiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an impious act |
Synonyms: |
error, iniquity, injustice, sacrilege, sin, wrong |
| Main Entry: | lese majesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disrespect |
Synonyms: |
boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, flippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, insolentness, irreverence, lack of respect, sacrilege, unmannerliness |