Profane

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