Antonyms for profane
prəˈfeɪn, proʊ-pro·fane

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   godless, unholy, unsanctified, impious, unhallowed, ungodly, temporal, wicked, vulgar, irreligious, secular, irreverent, worldly

2. profaneadjective

   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.

   Synonyms:
   worldly, irreligious, unholy, unsanctified, temporal, secular, wicked, impious, godless, unhallowed, ungodly, vulgar, irreverent

3. profaneadjective

   To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

   Synonyms:
   irreligious, wicked, irreverent, impious, unsanctified, temporal, godless, unholy, unhallowed, ungodly, worldly, secular, vulgar

4. profaneadjective

   Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.

   Synonyms:
   temporal, vulgar, secular, irreverent, godless, unholy, impious, unhallowed, unsanctified, ungodly, irreligious, wicked, worldly

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1. profane

   Antonyms:
   celebrate, commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize

   Synonyms:
   contemn, despise, dishonor, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, violate

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1. profaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   holy, consecrated, sacred, spiritual, sanctified, reverent, religious, godly, pious, devout

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, secular, temporal, unsanctified, unholy, irreligious, irreverent, ungodly, wicked, godless, impious, blasphemous

2. profaneverb

   Synonyms:
   defile, pollute, desecrate, abuse

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1. blasphemous, blue, profaneadjective

   characterized by profanity or cursing

   "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"

   Antonyms:
   quasi-religious, sacral, inviolate, unutterable, divine, tabu, reverent, clean, inviolable, holy, sublime, unspeakable, sacred, inspirational, unnameable, sacrosanct, reverend, religious, spiritual, ineffable, numinous, unobjectionable, taboo

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, racy, sacrilegious, gamy, bluish, dismal, dark, unconsecrated, gentle, disconsolate, down in the mouth, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, blue, secular, blueish, gamey, downhearted, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, drab, patrician, blue-blooded, unsanctified, spicy, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, risque, low-spirited

2. profane, secularadjective

   not concerned with or devoted to religion

   "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

   Antonyms:
   holy, taboo, tabu, divine, unspeakable, inviolate, clean, inspirational, religious, numinous, ineffable, sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct, sublime, reverend, spiritual, unobjectionable, quasi-religious, unutterable, unnameable, sacral, reverent

   Synonyms:
   lay, secular, worldly, unconsecrated, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, blue

3. profane, unconsecrated, unsanctifiedadjective

   not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

   Antonyms:
   ineffable, quasi-religious, unutterable, reverent, spiritual, inviolable, sacrosanct, clean, sacred, unnameable, inviolate, tabu, religious, taboo, sacral, unobjectionable, reverend, holy, unspeakable, sublime, divine, numinous, inspirational

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, unsanctified, secular, sacrilegious

4. blasphemous, profane, sacrilegiousverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   quasi-religious, clean, ineffable, divine, spiritual, reverend, sacred, reverent, taboo, unspeakable, inviolable, unobjectionable, sacrosanct, religious, tabu, holy, numinous, inviolate, sublime, sacral, inspirational, unnameable, unutterable

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, blasphemous, blue, secular, unsanctified, sacrilegious

5. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

   Antonyms:
   tabu, ineffable, reverend, sublime, inviolable, sacral, holy, numinous, inviolate, unspeakable, sacred, unnameable, divine, taboo, reverent, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, spiritual, unutterable, religious, unobjectionable, inspirational, clean

   Synonyms:
   subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoil, corrupt

6. desecrate, profane, outrage, violateverb

   violate the sacred character of a place or language

   "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

   Antonyms:
   sacral, sacrosanct, quasi-religious, ineffable, tabu, unspeakable, holy, unutterable, sublime, clean, numinous, unnameable, sacred, inviolate, reverent, unobjectionable, religious, inspirational, reverend, divine, taboo, spiritual, inviolable

   Synonyms:
   dishonour, scandalise, offend, ravish, scandalize, dishonor, plunder, demoralise, deconsecrate, misdirect, desecrate, debase, pervert, demoralize, transgress, appal, break, despoil, subvert, vitiate, deprave, breach, rape, violate, infract, shock, appall, outrage, unhallow, assault, go against, debauch, spoil, corrupt

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1. profaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   unconsecrated, secular, unsanctified, unholy, blasphemous, irreverent, impious, sacrilegious

2. profaneverb

   Synonyms:
   violate, desecrate, debase, prostitute, defile

How to use profane in a sentence?

1. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

2. Bill Clinton:

   She and other people who have gone online to defend Hillary and explain -- just explain -- why they supported her have been subject to vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   No facts are to me sacred none are profane I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.

4. Bill Clinton:

   People who have gone online to defend Hillary and explain why they supported her, have been subject to attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat.

5. Donald Trump:

   Even military cemeteries or public transportation advertising authorities could lose control over whether that graphic or profane content would be displayed on their property.

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