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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
- Example: "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath";
- Example: "profane utterances against the Church"
- Example: "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
[syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious]

2. characterized by profanity or cursing;
- Example: "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"
- Example: "blue language"
- Example: "profane words"
[syn: blasphemous, blue, profane]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blasphemous \Blas"phe*mous\, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. ?.]
   Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting
   anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous
   person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a
   blasphemous caricature. "Blasphemous publications."
   --Porteus.
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         Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
         Refrained his tongue blasphemous.        --Milton.
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   Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable,
         as in the above example.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blasphemous
    adj 1: 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" [syn: blasphemous, profane,
           sacrilegious]
    2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
       blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn:
       blasphemous, blue, profane]