Both Uses of
profane
in
Anna Karenina
- A feeling such as his was profaned by talk of the rivalry of some Petersburg officer, of the suppositions and the counsels of Stepan Arkadyevitch.†
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- But though he liked and respected the princess, Levin could not call her so without a sense of profaning his feeling for his dead mother.†
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Definition:
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(profane as in: don't be profane) showing no respect for something thought of as sacred