profanatory

adjective

Definition of profanatorynext
as in blasphemous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profanatory
  1. blasphemous
  2. irreverent
  3. sacrilegious
  4. impious
  5. agnostic
  6. pagan
  7. ungodly
  8. unholy
Adjective
  • The images, which many Muslims considered blasphemous, were at the heart of the controversy that led to Paty's death.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of blasphemous
Adjective
  • Questions as fun and irreverent as these are asked and answered in STAR BOUND: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything In Between.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • For The Win's daily sports newsletter pairs the latest news from around the sports world with the smartest − yet somewhat irreverent – takes from FTW's staff.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of irreverent
Adjective
  • This declaration should not be mistaken for vain clickbait or an attempt to be sacrilegious.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Putting Vice and the Bard in the same sentence sounds sacrilegious, but the movie paints Lynne Cheney as a Lady MacBeth type and requires Adams to recite iambic pentameter about Dick’s capacity to usurp some of George W. Bush’s authority.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of sacrilegious
Adjective
  • This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.
    Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Definition of impious
Adjective
  • Brands that separate from the pack will view creators as their own small business (i.e., a creative agency or a creative consultant) and leverage content in an agnostic way.
    Kristen Dolan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.
    Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of agnostic
Adjective
  • Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • Oh, and he’s taken an ungodly number of hits while barely missing a single snap.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of ungodly
Adjective
  • Even Santa Claus dare not tread in this unholy fortress, which becomes Thomas' prison when Orlok makes a play to claim his wife, Ellen, with whom he's maintained a years-long psychic connection.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • What are your thoughts on Jack’s unholy provenance?
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of unholy
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