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something said or done that is disrespectful of something considered sacred — especially God or religion- The government of the Muslim nation monitors major websites for blasphemy.
blasphemy = disrespect of something considered sacred
- It's hard to believe that even in the 21st century, high school teachers in the country are still occasionally imprisoned and/or lashed for blasphemy.
- To small children, though, the idea of praising God in a tent was confusing, to say the least. It seemed somehow blasphemous.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- God's knowledge surpasses science, and it's blasphemous for you to say otherwise, young lady.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
- A thousand bawdy, or even blasphemous, jokes do not help towards a man's damnation so much as his discovery that almost anything he wants to do can be done, not only without the disapproval but with the admiration of his fellows, if only it can get itself treated as a Joke.C.S. Lewis -- The Screwtape Letters
- And this foul mouth stands there bringing more ill fortune with his blasphemies.Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Clement's letter claimed that God had visited him in a vision and warned him that the Knights Templar were heretics guilty of devil worship, homosexuality, defiling the cross, sodomy, and other blasphemous behavior.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- ...it seemed blasphemous not to thank God.Henry James -- The Turn of the Screw
- Such declarations are blasphemy and an abomination to the Lord God in heaven, Señor Shaw.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- That's middle class blasphemy.George Bernard Shaw -- Pygmalion
- Fusing science and God is the ultimate scientific blasphemy.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- ...his voice thundered, and we fell back in horror at the blasphemy he uttered.Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- She talk and she talk, trying to budge me way from blasphemy.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
- Behind her Jace muttered something that sounded distinctly blasphemous.Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- But we cannot reach it without disturbing our ancestors, a blasphemy Plumpka will not permit.Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
- It verges on—blasphemy.Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
- This is both theft and blasphemy.David Almond -- Clay
- It is a blasphemy against the true Image of God, and hateful in the sight of God.John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
- What you're saying is blasphemy?'P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed
- you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!William Shakespeare -- The Tempest
blasphemy = disrespect of something considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemies = disrespect of that which is sacred
blasphemous = people who are disrespectful of things commonly considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of something sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = something said or done that is disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespect of something considered sacred
blasphemy = something said that is disrespectful of something considered sacred — especially God or religion
blasphemy = disrespect of something considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
blasphemous = disrespectful of that which is sacred