Definition:
- (a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
- (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
- (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
- (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
- (a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
- (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Compare profane with other words:
profane vs. profaned
profane vs. sacrilegious
profane vs. propane
proface vs. profane
profane vs. slang
desecrated vs. profane
blasphemy vs. profane
dishallow vs. profane
profane vs. unhallow
pagan vs. profane
heretic vs. profane
mobile vs. profane
profane vs. sacrilege
desecrator vs. profane
profane vs. profaneness
profanate vs. profane
profane vs. profaner
profane vs. profanely
inviolable vs. profane
profanation vs. profane
profane vs. profanity
profane vs. sanctify
consecrate vs. profane
debase vs. profane
defile vs. profane
obloquy vs. profane
profane vs. violate
mason vs. profane
godless vs. profane
profane vs. vulgar
profane vs. wicked
profane vs. ungodly
irreligious vs. profane
irreverent vs. profane
profane vs. unhallowed
profane vs. unsanctified
profane vs. temporal
impious vs. profane
profane vs. swear
profane vs. secular
blasphemous vs. profane
profane vs. unholy
fane vs. profane
billingsgate vs. profane
foul vs. profane
desecrate vs. profane
mundane vs. profane
pious vs. profane
blessed vs. profane
profane vs. worldly
holy vs. profane
expletive vs. profane
blue vs. profane
pollute vs. profane
profane vs. sacred