Antonyms for blasphemy
ˈblæs fə miblas·phe·my

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1. blasphemynoun

   Antonyms:
   worship, veneration, reverence, adoration

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, desecration, profanation, swear, curse, cuss, violation, imprecation, profanity, execration

2. blasphemynoun

   Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

   Antonyms:
   veneration, adoration, worship, reverence

   Synonyms:
   cuss, profanity, violation, execration, desecration, sacrilege, imprecation, curse, profanation, swear

3. blasphemynoun

   The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for any religion's deity or deities.

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, adoration, worship

   Synonyms:
   curse, violation, imprecation, sacrilege, execration, cuss, swear, profanity, profanation, desecration

4. blasphemynoun

   The act of claiming the attributes of a deity.

   Synonyms:
   swear, cuss, imprecation, profanity, execration, violation, profanation, curse, desecration, sacrilege

   Antonyms:
   adoration, reverence, worship, veneration

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blasphemy

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blaspheming, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, oath, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. blasphemy

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, godliness

   Synonyms:
   swearing, profaneness, impiety

Matched Categories

1. • Disrespect
   • Irreverence
   • Profanity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blasphemynoun

   blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

2. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilegenoun

   blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

   "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

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1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, calumny, profanity

How to use blasphemy in a sentence?

1. Paul Rudnick:

   There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.

2. Phelim Kine:

   She is an exemplar of a gross miscarriage of injustice rooted in Pakistan’s extremely unfair blasphemy laws and of how this law can victimize someone who should not be inside the criminal justice system whatsoever.

3. Todd Daniels:

   There is over $1 billion in aid every year that goes to Egypt, and these dollars must remain linked to progress that is made on Egypt's human rights record, egypt has a crucial role to play in countering violent extremism in the Middle East, but blasphemy cases onfrivolouscharges like this only increase the grip of extremists.

4. Charlie Hebdo editor Gerard Briard:

   We are a secular, democratic and atheist newspaper, the term blasphemy has no meaning for us.

5. Mina Thabet:

   We have five Coptic children charged with blasphemy andinsulting Islam, we still have other open cases where Christians are charged with inciting violence as if they were the perpetrators, but where they were the victims.

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