The Only Use of
blaspheme
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Among them I should have stood like Hymenaeus and Alexander, who were delivered over to Satan that they might learn not to blaspheme.†
Chpt 6blaspheme = utter obscenities or profanities; or to speak disrespectfully of something considered sacred
Definition:
utter obscenities or profanities; or to speak disrespectfully of something considered sacred -- especially of God or religion