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profaner |
Overview of adj profane The adj profane has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 2. profane -- (not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment") 3. profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified -- (not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled) 4. blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious -- (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on") Antonyms of adj profane 4 senses of profane Sense 1 blasphemous, blue, profane INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean, unobjectionable Sense 2 profane (vs. sacred) sacred (vs. profane) => ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable => inspirational => inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct => numinous => religious, spiritual => revered, reverenced, reverend, sublime, venerated => sacral => taboo, tabu => divine Sense 3 profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified INDIRECT (VIA unholy) -> holy Sense 4 blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious INDIRECT (VIA irreverent) -> reverent Similarity of adj profane 4 senses of profane Sense 1 blasphemous, blue, profane => dirty (vs. clean) Sense 2 profane (vs. sacred) => laic, lay, secular => profanatory => secularized, secularised => temporal, worldly Also See-> earthly#1; impious#1 Sense 3 profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified => unholy (vs. holy), unhallowed Sense 4 blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious => irreverent (vs. reverent) Attributes of adj profane Familiarity of adj profane profane used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj profane profane profaned Overview of adj profane The adj profane has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 2. profane -- (not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment") 3. profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified -- (not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled) 4. blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious -- (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on")
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