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blaspheme - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'blaspheme' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Blaspheme [ v.]
- To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
- Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
2 . Blaspheme [ v. i.]
- To utter blasphemy.

Meaning of 'blaspheme' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . blaspheme [ v]
Meaning (1):
- speak of in an irreverent or impious manner
Example in sentence:
  • blaspheme God
Meaning (2):
- utter obscenities or profanities
Example in sentence:
  • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street

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