PROFANE


Meaning of PROFANE in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 not concerned with religion or religious purposes FF1C; he was speaking of profane history, not the history found in the Bible FF1E;

Synonyms: lay, secular, temporal, unsacred

Related Words: earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly

Contrasted Words: consecrated, hallowed, holy, sanctified; divine, religious, spiritual

Antonyms: sacred

2

Synonyms: HEATHEN , ethnic, gentile, infidel, infidelic, pagan

3

Synonyms: IMPIOUS 1, irreverent, irreverential, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy

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Synonyms: SACRILEGIOUS , blasphemous

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Synonyms: OBSCENE 2, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, indecent, nasty, raunchy, smutty, vulgar

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.